This April will be our 17th wedding anniversary but we have known each other for 28 years. We didn’t rush things LOL! I believe it is important to let my DH know how important he is to me whether through words or actions. We were friends for a long time and that is an excellent basis for a loving and trusting marriage. People say a marriage is 50%/50% but honestly sometimes it is 80%/20% or whatever and changes throughout the years. Don’t keep score. My uncle takes care of my Aunt and they got married in 1946. She has Alzheimer’s and he takes care of her 24/7 and he wouldn’t have it any other way. She doesn’t like getting up in the morning so every morning he walks into the bedroom to wake her up pretending to be Frank Sinatra singing “New York, New York” and gently opens the blinds. This puts a smile on her face every time. After 65 years of marriage she is still the apple of his eye :-P