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 Post subject: We MADE IT!
PostPosted: Sat Sep 10, 2016 7:12 am 
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Contrary to dire predictions of "They'll never make it", clucking relatives are now saying, "They must be both so obnoxious no one else wanted them."

FIFTY YEARS! "Just think! We would not have gotten that for First Degree Murder."

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This was left out in the kitchen for my morning coffee.



This will not end well.

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Congratulations to both of you!


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That is incredible, especially in this day and age.
Congratulations!
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Congratulations! I remember a T.V. interview with a chap who had been married 60 years, the interviewer asked his secret and he replied "The secret of a long and happy marriage can be summed up in two words, yes dear!"


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There is a correct posture for using "Yes Dear."
The knees and back are slightly bent, the feet are crossed, one over the other, pointing inward. The head is bowed slightly. The arms hang down uselessly in front, the hands clasped as if to protect something.
The phrase is recited in a whining, simpering, quavering voice, followed by, "I'm useless and I suck. I am a toad."

I used this exactly once following a lecture concerning dishes in the sink, the first year we were married. This "Magic Weapon" was defeated by her agreeing with me and editorializing about it endlessly.

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well done. It is a rare thing to see these days.

I hope you cut something special for her.


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Congrats Gearloose! If my wife was a licensed firearms instructor I'd also be very careful with my tone of voice saying "Yes, Dear."

As it happens my wife and I observed our 48th in July (haven't actually counted the days) and we still get on just fine. We've decided the secret to our long marriage is laughing at and truly enjoying each other's sense of humor, offbeat though it may be. It sounds like you two have some of that going as well.

Hope you and your spouse enjoy many more happy anniversaries.

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I hope you cut something special for her.

There was nothing left to cut for her that she wants. So she got a tennis bracelet. Lots of diamonds. It was easier, in a way, but not as much fun for me.
She has a blue Yogo, nearly 2 cts, a fairly clean Brazilian emerald surrounded by diamonds, a good 1970's rough Burma ruby with a dozen color G sidestones in 18K, a star sapphire, a pre-1976 Persian Turquoise, That Titanic Thing that's too heavy to wear, made more or less as a hoot, plus numerous confiscations of off-the-dop things. It makes sense..I had been faceting before I even met her, so.....
There are still nieces to spoil, and the woman next door has been lobbying for "Honorary Niece" status. She keeps bringing food. It's a primal thing.

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Oh that's awesome Gearloose!
Good to see you learned early on to protect the jewels or else you'd be looking at ways to incorporate fish tank gravel into your laps. :mrgreen:
Huge congrats though and here's to many more years of genuflecting. :smt033

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Congrats Jon! Also, after reading the bit about the yogo of nearly 2 carats, I cant imagine there is much want for anything else.....

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That was a lucky find, bought in the early '80's. I guess I had a few lucky finds in the past, huh? :-)

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Gearloose wrote:
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I hope you cut something special for her.

There was nothing left to cut for her that she wants. So she got a tennis bracelet. Lots of diamonds. It was easier, in a way, but not as much fun for me.
She has a blue Yogo, nearly 2 cts, a fairly clean Brazilian emerald surrounded by diamonds, a good 1970's rough Burma ruby with a dozen color G sidestones in 18K, a star sapphire, a pre-1976 Persian Turquoise, That Titanic Thing that's too heavy to wear, made more or less as a hoot, plus numerous confiscations of off-the-dop things. It makes sense..I had been faceting before I even met her, so.....
There are still nieces to spoil, and the woman next door has been lobbying for "Honorary Niece" status. She keeps bringing food. It's a primal thing.


Lets see... benitoite? Red Beryl? Hiddenite? Purple topaz? -- It will be a while until I run out, I fear. :-D


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