30 thoughts on “HAPPY 34TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY TO US!

    1. george Post author

      Jerry, your congratulations are much appreciated. When I mentioned in class that our 34th Wedding Anniversary was coming up, one student exclaimed, “I don’t know anybody who’s been married that long!”

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    1. george Post author

      Thanks, Bill. Right now, we’re getting four inches of new snow on top of the foot of snow that fell on Thursday. And more snow is on its way. So we’ll have to dig out and go to dinner at an expensive restaurant next week.

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    1. george Post author

      You’re right about that, Patti! We honeymooned in Toronto. But after a couple days, Diane suddenly developed excruciating tooth pain. We rushed right back to Niagara Falls and Diane had to have an emergency root canal. But, after that shaky start, our marriage has mostly been fun.

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  1. Jeff Meyerson

    Congratulations! I’d forgotten you two got married at the end of the year. Ours is halfway between Jackie’s birthday (September) and mine (November).

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  2. Deb

    Congratulations to you and your wife, George! 34 years is quite an achievement–as your student noted. One of my daughters recently had to write an essay in her English class about a father figure in her life and she said that of the almost 30 students in the class only she and one other student lived in a home with parents who were still (or had ever been) married to each other!

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    1. george Post author

      Same here, Deb. Most of my students were raised by a single parent or grandparents or an aunt. They’ve never known a loving mother AND father. My kids realized this when they went off to College.

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  3. Richard R.

    So Diane has put up with you for 34 years?!? Wow. She’s a saint. Congratulations to you both. Whatare you having on that special pizza? Our 7th will be February 15th.

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    1. george Post author

      I have to up my Anniversary dinner game from pizza and wings, Rick. Diane has a number of swanky restaurants that she likes. I’ll have her pick one next week (when we’re finally out of this Winter Storm Event) and we’ll go paint the town red. And, yes, Diane is a saint!

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  4. Jeff Meyerson

    Wow Deb, that is an eye-opening story. I knew the world had gone that way but not that it had gotten quite that extreme. It’s certainly quite a change from our childhood, especially the “or had ever been” part.

    On the other hand, I have an uncle who is on his fifth marriage, for whatever that says.

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    1. george Post author

      I had an officemate at the College who had been married (and divorced) five times, Jeff. After his fifth divorce, I told him: “You’re not very good at this, are you?” I advised him to go to Counseling (which he finally did after months of my nagging him). His counselor listened to the story of his five failed marriages and said, “You’ve been marrying the Wrong type of woman each time.” My officemate, after a couple months of counseling, met a woman very unlike his previous wives and they married a year later. They’re still happily married after a decade. When Katie and Patrick went to College, they were shocked at how few of their classmates were raised by a Mom and a Dad.

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  5. Scott Cupp

    Congratulations George and Diane. And, as amazing as it seems every year, Sandi and I still remain exactly one year behind. Today is our 33rd.

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  6. Dan

    Congratulations!

    What’s your secret?

    We’ve been married 38 years (after knowing each other about 6 weeks) but I figure any day now she’s going to realize what an awful mistake she made and go out and get a better guy.

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    1. george Post author

      I consider Diane my Best Customer and I do everything I can to make her happy, Dan. Congratulations on 38 years of marriage. Not too many people can claim that!

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  7. Todd Mason

    And many more, George, as long as you two are willing and able. As the product of a marriage that has now lasted 49 years, my impression is that staying married has Always been hard…and not always the best idea. When it works, however, you’re both to be congratulated and envied…

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