Tipper & Al
06-02-2010, 07:46 AM
#13
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Pacific NW USA
Posts: 883
It is a sad story, and I wish them both the best. It does make me wonder if anyone's marriage can last.
I think he's an incredible person and a national treasure. Without the legislation that he made possible, the internet would still be for military and private institutions ONLY. Gore was the person in the Congress who worked to make sure that WE, the public, got to have an Internet. As well, he spent most of his life in public service, has been a steadfast and fierce advocate for our environment since the 70's and on top of that he is a great father and husband. I believe is the kind of man we can all be proud of.
I think he's an incredible person and a national treasure. Without the legislation that he made possible, the internet would still be for military and private institutions ONLY. Gore was the person in the Congress who worked to make sure that WE, the public, got to have an Internet. As well, he spent most of his life in public service, has been a steadfast and fierce advocate for our environment since the 70's and on top of that he is a great father and husband. I believe is the kind of man we can all be proud of.
06-02-2010, 12:15 PM
#15
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 5,453
My husbands parents will celebrate thier 65th anniversary in sept. they are miserable with each other,and have stayed together because it is a sin to divorse..old school catholics. what a waste.
my first marriage was 2 years,2 kids.
my second, 30 years in august and 1 kid.
my first marriage was 2 years,2 kids.
my second, 30 years in august and 1 kid.
06-02-2010, 03:23 PM
#18
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: was Upstate NY, now NC & TN
Posts: 2,328
It is becoming more and more common to end long term marriages as people live so much longer. It was easy to say til death do us part when we only lived to 40. But you can conceivably be married for 60 or 70 years now and a lot of marriages can't stand up to that (or don't want to).
It also seems that marriage used to be more of a business partnership. It allowed both spouses to survive in an era when you lived on a farm and needed both of you to keep it going. Not that way anymore. Our expectations of romantic love being the basis of marriage is kind of wacky. Eventually every marriage moves out of the romantic period and into comfortable. That's a hard adjustment.
I've been married for almost 30 years. There are days I think that it would be nice to be on my own and only worry about me - I've never had that luxury. And I can imagine deciding to end my marriage. And then there are days I can't imagine it. So far, more days I can't imagine it.
It also seems that marriage used to be more of a business partnership. It allowed both spouses to survive in an era when you lived on a farm and needed both of you to keep it going. Not that way anymore. Our expectations of romantic love being the basis of marriage is kind of wacky. Eventually every marriage moves out of the romantic period and into comfortable. That's a hard adjustment.
I've been married for almost 30 years. There are days I think that it would be nice to be on my own and only worry about me - I've never had that luxury. And I can imagine deciding to end my marriage. And then there are days I can't imagine it. So far, more days I can't imagine it.
06-02-2010, 04:48 PM
#19
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Long Island N.Y.
Posts: 1,800
Originally Posted by ginnie6
well I can't say I care for him but its bad to hear that any marriage that's lasted that long is calling it quits. It does seem like they would try to rekindle things but who knows? We've been married 24 years come September. That's a lot of time I spent training him.......:-) too long to throw the towel in now.
