Love in the "Golden" Years

[Luba]

I'm not quite "golden" yet, but I am not afraid of getting there, and I pray that my husband's and my health stays satisfactory so that we can "grow old" together!
I fell in love with my husband and it was "love at first sight" for those blue eyes, blonde hair and an incredibly shaped nose! (My Nose is sort of biggish to the dimensions of my face, so I guess it was really mostly his nose that I fell in love with )
During the raising of our young boys, we were both a tad dysfunctional coming from families that were a tad dysfunctional as well! Those were the years of what I call my "obsessive love" period because I had no self-esteem and a biggish nose which I've already mentioned, and he loved to go to the bar and loved to dance and drink, and I was always worried about losing him to some young chick.
As the years went by, I am so happy and teary to report that I love him more every day! So many times when we are watching Television together on the couch, I turn my head just to look at him and quietly thank God for him! We are just so comfortable together, something I've never experienced ever with another human being! I can get up looking like **** and not worry about "fixing" myself up immediatley! He is always there for me in his quiet way! He has changed so much since his fun days at the bar, he chooses to stay at home!
I'm proud to say during all our troubles and not-so-happy times and there were many, we just stayed together to see them through, even though there was one terrible, terrible rough spot when I did think it was the end! Out of that, and the peacefulness that's come out of it, came the truest love I've ever known!

[Duke]

I can change the title of this category if you like, I just thought Golden Years sounded better than Olden Fogies, Bedpan People or Depends on you. ;-) If you have any suggestions of a better title, you'll find I'm all ears.

I'm glad that you've found your true love Luba, that's rare these days for most people at any age. It's also great that you've been together through the hardships that came your way, couples these days could use a little lesson in how to work it out instead of just running in opposite directions at the slightest hint of adversity.

[Luba]

I was on my way to the door for a happy Saturday to see two friends at two separate times, decided to have once last look at this "home" before I went out for the day, and am I glad I did !
Duke, your post broke me up, I L-O-V-E the idea of "Olden Fogies" and "Bedpan People"!! (Gosh, I'm laughing so hard I can barely post, I typed barley instead of barely )
Truly, we all need a sense of humour about aging. It's a fact of life and something we can't change, so we might as well make the best of it!
I read somewhere the following and I'm probably paraphrasing.."you'll never make it out of this life alive" and it's true, so might as well do the best we can with enjoying each moment, each hour, each day we've been given!

[Duke]

ehhhh?

[Star]

Luba, your description of your marriage is very similar to my marriage with my husband. He and I have been through a ton of bad things and we also thought that it was the end of it a cuople times but we stuck it through and jumped the hurdles together.

We're going into our 40's now together and every year it gets better between us. We are comfortable with eachother. there isn't anything that would embarass us about us. We look forward to growing old together too.

[Merika]

For those of us who AREN'T married....

[Luba]

Originally Posted by Merika

For those of us who AREN'T married....

I can't believe I haven't read and seen Merika's response...hilarious!!! ...how do you find these things??