Anyone else get fortunate enough to find their perfect mate?

[NNN0LHI]

Got married when I was 17 and that move turned out to be the best decision I ever made during my lifetime. I am convinced of that. Of course my parents said it was never going to last. That was about 40 years ago.

Completely compatible. Doesn't make any difference if we are working together on something or enjoying ourselves doing something. It is all alike. Doesn't matter. Its just a pleasure to be around her.

And after 40 years we barely need to talk with each other very much any more. We know what the other one is thinking. Its become intuitive.

Anyone else get this lucky?

Don

[seabeyond]

1. yes. and i love to hear stories like yours

because it seems we so rarely do.

good for you

i feel the same.

edit... i never wanted to marry. i thought it was one big headache. 18 years i cannot believe how very easy it is.

[TNDemo]

2. I did.

33 years and counting. Have never raised our voice at each other. No need to fight when you know every decision the other one makes is in your best interest. Now, yelling at the kids, that's a different story...

[oneshooter]

3. Loving Wife and I have been together for 27 years.

I was 34 when we got married, she was 29. Three great boys, 26, 24, and 13. She is just as lovely as the day we met.

The secret is to find a woman with good taste in everything......................but men!
Marry her, love her, respect her.......................Heaven!

Oneshooter

[treestar]

4. No.

But I am happy for you!

[PassingFair]

5. Been married for 22 years. The only arguments we have had have been about the children.

He is harsher than I am.

Expects more than I do.

I love them just for being here. For being who they are.

Other than the children, we have no real disputes, aside
from the occasional household crap that you have with anyone
you live with.

[HopeHoops]

6. Been with my girl since '84. She's my best friend.

I STILL can't find mates for my socks, but at least I've got a snuggle.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. No, unless you count pets.

I have excellent cats.

Humans? Not so much.

[NNN0LHI]

10. Pets count

My brother was married 3 or 4 times? Maybe more? Not sure exactly how many because when he was younger he would go on vacation with a girlfriend and come back married and get a quickie divorce and I honestly lost count. His entire younger life was nothing but one tumultuous relationship after another.

He now has had two labs for about ten years now and and has never been happier in his life since he got them. And appears at peace in his life. And I can understand why. They are really good dogs. They are happy. He is happy. Hey, who am I to argue?



Don

[BlueJazz]

8. Haven't met my dream mate yet but I'm happy for those that have. You deserve all the best

[Tobin S.]

9. Yes

We've been together for about a year and a half now. We got married last November. We've had a few disputes, but we've resolved them. Mostly by me saying, "Yes, dear." Seriously, we haven't been together for a long time but we seem to have been made for each other.

[seabeyond]

25. "Yes, dear."

that is cute. we did that at the beginning, too. lol. totally forgot. not needed. ahhhh

[av8rdave]

11. Nope.

[Doc Holliday]

12. I didn't get lucky

on the "barely need to talk anymore" part....but that's about all I missed out on.

We celebrated #35 in September of 2011. I don't know if she's "perfect" or not-- I sometimes suspect that she isn't-- but she'll do until perfect comes along.

Remember the old commercial tagline, "My wife-- I think I'll keep her." ??

That's me....for as long as she'll let me.

[sakabatou]

13. I found my girlfriend on an online game

Even though we haven't met yet, we've been together for almost 5 years.

[dixiegrrrrl]

20. Whoa...you have had a long distance online relationship for 5 years?

And have not met?

I really want to hear more about that..sounds fascinating.

[sakabatou]

23. Money issues

Plus she's been moving a lot.

[NNadir]

14. Absolutely.

My wife has consistently been my best friend ever.

We were friends before we were lovers, and that I think made all the difference. The only thing I question is whether I've ever really been good enough for her.

We had some very wonderful years too, before having children (although we love our two boys) and that made a lot of difference.

[mysuzuki2]

15. I met and married my ex wife when I was 19

She had long blond hair, boobs to die for and an "amorous" disposition. At 19 I thought I'd died and gone to heavenon . A few years later I realized that my sense of direction had been 180 degrees off. In my later life I've learned to judge on a better set of criteria.

[trof]

16. Perfect? No. But damned close.

We will have been married 43 years this coming April.
We both have our shortcomings, but who doesn't?
Over the years we've learned that the little things that bug you in a relationship aren't that important in the bigger scheme.
I wouldn't trade her for anyone.

[redqueen]

17. Yes.

I wasn't lucky enough to have found him so early. I'm just glad I found him.

[frogmarch]

18. Yes!

From the first time we met, we knew we were right for each other, and we were married a few weeks later. That was 46+ years ago, and we’re still very happy together.

We became great-grandparents of an adorable baby girl last week!

[nolabear]

27. That's one fine baby girl. Congratulations!

[frogmarch]

30. Thank you!

She is for sure. Hope we can make the trip to see her soon. It's unbelievable how quickly time passes. It doesn't seem all that long ago when the baby's grandfather, my firstborn child, was a newborn, and then his firstborn child, the baby's mom, was. Wow.

[one_voice]

19. Yup...

after a fools rush in marriage that lasted a year and half...

I started seeing my husband...we've been together almost 24 years. I've known him since I was a freshman in high school, we were very good friends all through high school. We're just enough opposites to keep it interesting. I could not imagine my life without him. He's my best friend.

You also have a nice story...I wish you many more years together!

[dixiegrrrrl]

21. Yep. Found him.

And the "funny" thing is, I knew when I was 40 that I would not find him until I was 53.
I told a close friend exactly that, in 1980..."I will not fall in love seriously until I am 53."
( sorta that Irish/esp "knowing" thing that happens a lot)

A month before my 53rd birthday we met, by chance, online.

Have been together for 13 years now.
Took him a little longer than it took me to realize this is really the "forever" one, I tease him about that sometimes.
But very early on, we both "just knew".


Worth every minute of waiting, to be grown up enough, to have a healthy relationship, it was.

[tabbycat31]

22. I had the furry kind

But he passed away in April. I was on the road when it happened and never got to say goodbye, which hurts me. I miss Tabby every day. He understood me and was always there for me when I was down (more often than not lately).

On the verge of snagging a man who I think is perfect for me but he's as shy as I am and I'm scared to ask him out.

[Tikki]

24. Yes.......

and 45 years.
19 and 18 years old, respectively.
A sense of humor is very important.



The Tikkis

[nolabear]

26. Yeah, I did. And I don't know how he does it.

Took me a couple tries but some survivor instinct kicked in and in my late twenties I fell in love with a smart, warm, silly, steady man who's just plain good. He goes out of his way to be good. He puts up with my somewhat more colicky creative type personality and I put up with his guy-ness. We've had a good bit of "in sickness and in health" but for the most part are doing really well. Don't believe I'd be better off with another. And the kids are young men to be proud of, not a little because of their dad.

[Xipe Totec]

28. Still looking...

Bruised, beaten, but not down.

She's out there, somewhere, I know it...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

29. And when you find her, my dear Xipe Totec, there will be rejoicing!

[Xipe Totec]

34. Count on it!

Thank you, Miss Peggy!

[csziggy]

31. Yes, and in February it will be 3735 years that we've been together

35 years in July that we've been legal. It hasn't always been perfect, but we've always fit together. We worked together at our business for decades so it was not as if we spent a lot of time apart.

LOVE my hubby!

[Adsos Letter]

32. Yup! 33 years last month.

Not always easy, but worth every second.

[JohnnyLib2]

33. Yup. 42 years. But don't let her know I said so.

[onestepforward]

35. Yes, I did.

It was later in life (I was 31) and I had to kiss a lot of frogs before I found him! We've been together 18 years and I couldn't imagine my life with him

[Iggo]

36. Found her. Lost her.

Okay, so she wasn't perfect.

[Behind the Aegis]

37. Yes.

We have been together for ten years come February (2-22-02...can't get more easy to rememeber than that). We can't marry because by doing so all heterosexual marraiges would fall apart, cats and dogs would be having sex, rain would flow up, and all food would taste like lima beans! Or so I hear.

He is very easy-going, kind, and gentle. I am a hurricane in a little Jewish, gay man's body, though I have my good moments on occasion.

He may deserve better, but damned if I am going to let him go!

[SwissTony]

38. 30 years

Our anniversary was yesterday. Going out tomorrow night to celebrate.

[unionworks]

39. sometimes

It isn't about how long you are with someone. Sometimes the "love of your life" isn't measured in hours and minutes.