Tipper & Al
#21
Originally Posted by KarenSimon
DH and I celebrated 40 in March. After you got 'em trained, why would you want to start all over again?
#22
I don't care for the Gore's but hate to see the marriage end. I used to think that if a couple could last 20 yrs. that they could last forever. Problem many face is that they are so busy raising the kids, then the kids leave home, then they look at each other & ask "Now what?" They really don't know each other very well. Or like what they learn. Sad. We've been married for going on 33 yrs. & I have felt like tossing in the towel before but heck, I really do not want that. After I get over being mad, he is a very nice guy. LOL
#23
It's sad about the marriage ending. They suffer from what a lot of couples do. They are not making the time to nuture the relationship. These days because of all the demands of life, there is less an 'us against the world' attitude and more of a 'you do your thing and I'll do mine'. My parents were married for 50 years when my dad died suddenly. The relationship they had was so strange, all I can say is sometimes misery loves company. Al Gore is the total package, though. A hottie actually. They just released information this week on a study regarding divorce. They said because the divorce rate of the world is so high, it gobbles so much more energy and resources. A second househould has to be set up with devices and appliances, another vehicle, the gas or plane fuel that's wasted shuffling the kids back and forth etc. Ironic that Mr. Green is going to become a statistic.
#24
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A marriage does take work - LOTS of it. Pat and I have 33 years and with him working a different shift, it has been a challenge to find that togetherness. Growing apart doesn't happen over night - it is a gradual separation, and if both decide that life without the other is OK then why shouldn't they call it quits. Something tells me that the Gores will not call it quits on their friendship and their parental responsibilities. They will do just fine.
#25
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Join Date: Mar 2010
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Originally Posted by quiltinghere
AHHHH I know what's wrong!
TIPPER MUST NOT QUILT! If she did, they're marriage would probably go on and on and on. She'd be waiting for him to leave town again! ROFLMAO
TIPPER MUST NOT QUILT! If she did, they're marriage would probably go on and on and on. She'd be waiting for him to leave town again! ROFLMAO
#27
Originally Posted by KarenSimon
DH and I celebrated 40 in March. After you got 'em trained, why would you want to start all over again?
#28
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I was married 20 years and it was never good. I kept hoping with a lot of work it would get better but it never did. counciling and the whole bit didn't help. My kids and family celebrated when we called it quits. It was the hardest thing I ever did.