HAPPY HAPPY ANNIVERSARY:0) To NH Forum COUPLES! :0) its another PARTY for ALL! :0)WOOHOO!:0):0)

[JFRRACING]

that's alright lisa...that's cool to. that's the day before my b day....whoo hoo....

[JFRRACING]

Originally Posted by dsmith77

What year if you don't mind me asking?

married in 2002 been together since 2000.....

[countrylv22]

YOU ARE WELCOME DARE TO DREAM!



WHAT A NICE POST & STORY!THANKS FOR SHARING!


I HOPE YOU BOTH HAVE AN AMAZING CELEBRATION!


CELEBRATE TODAY, DURING THE WEEK & THE MONTH OF SEPT!

I am not married, hopefully one day I will meet that SPECIAL SOUL!

To share my life with! And I do BELIEVE until DEATH DO US PART

For BETTER OR WORSE! And I agree with you, so many people throw

in the towel, give up on FRIENDSHIPS, MARRIAGES, RELATIONSHIPS

like they are changing clothes A very SAD

DISPOSABLE SOCIETY However, obviously PHYSICAL

VERBAL ABUSE INFIDELITY would be reasons to reconsider.......

I am so SORRY that you & your HUBBY had to ENDURE SUCH

HORRIBLE MARRIAGES However, I am SO HAPPY that

YOU BOTH FOUND EACH OTHER!And that you TAKE CARE

of that LOVE on a DAILY BASIS!KUDOS TO YOU BOTH!

IT IS SUCH A BLESSING THAT YOU FOUND EACH OTHER!

I WISH YOU BOTH CONTINUED HAPPINESS LOVE HAPPINESS!

ENJOYCELEBRATE! I WISH YOU ONLY BUT THE BEST!

Here is a ROMANTIC CD that you might enjoy listening together

"ITALIA" By CHRIS BOTTI, It has ANDREA BOCELLI (truly BEAUTIFUL!)

One of my FAVORITE songs, "THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT!"

Another FAVORITE, "THE VERY THOUGHT OF YOU" featuring PAULA COLE

A very ROMANTIC & BEAUTIFUL CD! HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

DARE TO DREAM!ENJOY!

By the way, I think you found a GEM I ADMIRE & like


TRADITIONAL & OLD FASHIONED TYPE OF GENTLEMEN AS WELL!

((HUGS))TO YOU DARE TO DREAM!




Yes, D2D I believe you are RIGHT, I think

NEW HAMPSHIRE GIRLRecently had her ANNIVERSARY

CONGRATS TO NHG!MANY MORE YEARS TO COME!




And prior to that , I think NH2NCMOM also had an

ANNIVERSARY!WOOHOO!BLESSINGS TO HER & HUBBY!



I think it is so ROMANTIC that there are so many FALL

WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES! HOW COOL IS THAT!


And "BRYFRY" I knew that your ANNIVERSARY was Oct 3rd

But I did not post it for a couple of reasons LOL! LOL!

I also wanted to wait until the end of SEPTEMBER!



HAPPYHAPPYANNIVERSARYTO ALL OF MY

NHFORUM FRIENDS!ENJOY & CELEBRATE!

PEACE & BLESSINGS TO ALL!


HAPPYTUESDAYTO ALL

((HUGS))

COUNTRYLV22

Originally Posted by DareToDream

Awwww, thank you Country and Happy Anniversary to ALL! I think NHG and her hubby had an anniversary last month, too.

Now, please excuse the ramble that's coming My husband and I both came out of bad marriages with abusive spouses - My prior marriage was 20 years, he was verbally abusive for the most part, when it escalated, I left. My husband's wife was verbally abusive and very controlling, they were together for almost 30 years. With that said, we both learned from the experience.

We have been married for 2 years, but we've been together for 10. We've experienced many ups and downs in those 10 years, but we've never lost sight of the fact that what we have is special. We were friends first, which I think is very important. There's not a day that goes by that we don't express our feelings for each other and we also thank each other for being who we are. Coming from where we were in our previous marriages, we feel that's very important.

As an example, my husband is what some would call "old-fashioned" (although looking at him with his long hair and mustache you would never believe it <g>). He is very "traditional" in that he feels the man should be the "bread-winner." When he was 'resourced' by IBM and we moved up here, it was very hard on him - I became the "bread-winner" with regards to income and it was very hard on him. (We both got scr*wed in our divorce settlements, but that's another story.) I made it a point to tell him that it was his years with IBM that enabled us to buy our home in the first place. Yes, I may make more than he does now on a monthly/yearly basis, but he saves us a ton of money by being able to do things some would have to pay to have done - he can fix plumbing problems, he can do repairs to the house without having to call someone, etc. He works long hours as a furniture maker - he's 59 and the work he does is quite physical, but he still does more than some 30-year-olds that he works with (according to his boss, not him <g>). He leaves the house a little after 6 a.m. and returns a little after 6 p.m. Monday thru Thursday. I make sure when he gets home, he has a hot dinner waiting for him - he ALWAYS thanks me for fixing dinner! I currently work for 2 companies, one from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m., the other from 11 a.m. to whenever. I have more flexibility with my work. If we need something, I work a little longer or on a day off so we can get it without touching our savings. He doesn't complain.

I guess the point I'm trying to make is that we learned from our previous marriages how "special" our relationship is and we make sure we tell each other how much we appreciate each other every day, not just on special days. For those who have been happily married for many years, I know you know what I'm talking about - I guess this post is more for someone who may be reading who have not been married for very long and hit a rough patch and think of throwing in the towel when the going gets rough.

We moved up here on a wing and a prayer, pretty much. We knew nobody in the area - I really think that helped to bring us closer together...we were building a new life, basically with just "us" to rely on - no family nearby, no friends nearby, and we succeeded. I guess this post could also be for those looking to relocate, who may be away from friends and family....if it can be done at our age, those of you who are younger can also do it!

Now, all of the above is not to say there aren't times I'd like to brain him with a frying pan and vice versa, but those times are few and far between

We got married "twice" 2 years ago - legally here in NH and then "ceremonial" back in NY at the end of the month for our friends and families back there....and we both do it again.....Of course with our 2 "weddings" nobody can remember our anniversary! Hehehehe.

And now I will shut up.....

[DareToDream]

Country - Our previous marriages weren't horrible all the time - after all, we did love our previous spouses at one point, or we wouldn't have married them For both of us, things changed in the last 5 years of the marriage(s).

However - I strongly believe that what we go through in life, whether it's good or bad, makes us who we are today. Having said that, I wouldn't change what happened in my previous marriage (actually marriages, I had one before that gave me my son.....that one left me for another woman when I was 6 months pregnant)...In any case, my first marriage gave me my son (and by extension my 2 granddaughters!), my second taught me a lot about people and both of them made me realize just how strong I really am.

In my husband's case, his marriage gave him a son and a daughter and his daughter gave him his granddaughter, his son isn't married yet. He also learned from that marriage.

What we both learned is what makes THIS marriage strong - we don't take each other for granted and we make sure we both know it, and we don't make the same mistakes we made previously.

BTW, DH and I met on the internet - we lived 5 miles from each other and had never met in our travels about town!

I love Andrea Bocelli! I have a couple of his CDs. One of our favorite "romantic" CDs to listen to together is "Romantic Guitars" - just acoustic guitar music of various songs....very good at setting the mood, if you know what I mean

Thank you (and everyone else) for the anniversary wishes.

There sure are a lot of fall anniversaries on this forum!

Happy anniversary to everyone!

[newhampshiregirl]

Ah, you're so sweet & thoughtful to remember Country Yes, DH and celebrated our 26th wedding anniversary on May 29th.

It just doesn't seem possible that I have been married that long. I remember planning my parent's 25th and thinking "Wow...that's a REALLY long time to be with one person!"

Happy Anniversary D2D. It was fun reading how you met your DH. My DH and I went to high school together. He used to date my best friend, so of course I disliked him because he was stealing my friend away from me! Our senior year we taught remedial reading together to 9th graders and I realized he wasn't such a bad guy. He asked me to go cross-country skiing with him, then skiing at Bretton Woods, then dinner out in Littleton, and here we are 32 years later!

Happy Anniversary to all my other C-D friends, too!

[Yac]

Guys, I don't want to spoil your fun, but remember that this forum is a place for people to find answers to specific answers about NH. We're really happy you have formed a solid community here, that's why we have created the "Off topic chat room" thread you can find it on top of the NH forum. Please use it for personal topics like this one, creating new threads clutters up the forum and really makes finding specific information more difficult.
So once again, please use the "Off topic chat room" thread for similar things in the future
Yac.