Today is our 18th year wedding Anniversary

Philippines
January 9, 2009 5:30pm CST
Hello fellow mylotters. So happy to tell you that today is our 18th Wedding Anniversary. Time really flies without me noticing that it's been 18th years already. Indeed we have ups and downs but what matter most is that our relationship is intact. And for that, I'm so thankful and blessed. Whatever our trials and problems in life, at least we have each other dealing with it. We're blessed with three children. We'll just celebrate it simple and yet memorable one with some friends and family. How about you guys, how many years you've been married? Thanks for sharing.
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@ronnyb (6113)
• Jamaica
10 Jan 09
I am not married but I know that you have achieved quite a feat that has eluded many persons.I suppose when you enter into a relationship with the correct mentality and you are willing to work at it through the ups and downs like you have been then the years can go by quite quickly.I suppose too that children help to form a bond between the two of you .I wish you many more years and would like to let you know that you are a beacon for many single personsl liek me.
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• Philippines
14 Jan 09
[i]Hello ronnyb, Thanks. Yap, it is not happily ever after. There is a lot of work to do to keep your marriage intact. The children helps but not always. Regards. [/i]
• Philippines
14 Jan 09
[i]Hello ronnyb, Thanks. It is not happily ever after. You have to work it out to keep your marriage happily ever after. Good luck, may you find your partner that you can go thru life together. Regards.[/i]
@drannhh (15219)
• United States
10 Jan 09
Happy Anniversary! We are in the neighborhood of 40 years but our anniversary is in the summertime. We like our celebration to be simple, too, preferably with just the two of us. Maybe a dinner out, but basically we like to spend most of that day at home. CONGRATULATIONS!
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• Philippines
14 Jan 09
[i]Hello drannhh, We are not even halfway to what you have done, congratulations. My parents also just celebrated their 50'th anniversary recently. It's a good feeling, I hope we also can reach such feat. Thanks. [/i]
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@drannhh (15219)
• United States
15 Jan 09
I remember, Robert, when he and I were first married and we had some friends who had been married FOUR years and we thought that was such a long time! But they were divorced before their 6th and we are still together and quite happily so. The time flies when you are having fun!
@spoiled311 (5500)
• Philippines
10 Jan 09
hi robert! oh wow! congratulations!!! 18 years! so how are you going to spend it? this year will only be our 2nd wedding anniversary and we are expecting our first child too. we are still in the early part of our marriage. we do have our own challenges, too, but i know that 18 years is already for the record. we wish you all the best--from my husband and myself. more happy and fruitful years together with your spouse. God bless you! :-)
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• Philippines
14 Jan 09
[i]Hello spoiled311, Thank you very much. The real challenges is now facing you, but with you together you can easily hurdle those challenges bruise but still intact. Good luck and have a fruitful and blessed year too. Regards.[/i]
@dhangski (3194)
• Philippines
10 Jan 09
Congratulations!!! Wow, 18 years is really something. Well, I've been married for 11 years now. We were blessed with three kids too. I hope you and your wife will stay in love for the rest of your lives. HUGZ always! Best Wishes!
• Philippines
14 Jan 09
[i]Hello dhangski, Thanks. I wish we will be together till the end. Congratulation too. Regards.[/i]
@leenie50 (3992)
• United States
10 Jan 09
Hi robert, Congratulations on your 18th anniversary. As you said it's a bumpy road and sometimes we want to give up and turn around but then we realize the journey is worth all the bumps the road may have. Detours are also tempting but then we realize if we take the easy way out then we haven't done what we are suppose to do and that is to do everything possible to make our marriage work. All the work, difficult or easy is worth the love my husband and I share. We will be married 5 years in February. Sometimes it seems like a lifetime but I hope we have many, many more years to share. leenie
• Philippines
14 Jan 09
[i]Hello leenie50, Thanks. You know what you are talking about. Sometimes it's just easy just to end up and go separately, but it doesn't work that way. For sure it will happen again, so why not work out on it now. Regards.[/i]
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10 Jan 09
Hi robert19ph, Congratulations on your 18th, wedding Anniversary, its wonderful to know that some marriages last a long time, I have been married for 28 years now but not blessed with children but we have lasted this long, I need a medal lol! Tamara
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• Philippines
14 Jan 09
[i]Hello tamarafireheart, Yes, you really deserved a medal. I know a some couples who also were not blessed with children and they are still together. I guess you have still a family around you even though you don't have children of your own. Congratulations too. Thanks. [/i]
@KrauseHome (36449)
• United States
12 Jan 09
Congratulations on 18 wonderful yrs. It is truly a milestone when someone can stay together this long. My husband and I are actually getting ready to Celebrate 10 yrs. together the 13th of next month. Wishing you many more yrs. of success and happiness from here.
@ronaldinu (12422)
• Malta
16 Jan 09
HI robert19ph congrats for your 18h wedding anniversary though belated by seven days. You are making me remember that I am growing old too and that I will be celebrating my 15th wedding anniversary this summer. marriage life does has its ups and down. it is never rosy as it is depicited in telenovelas.
@howard96h (11640)
• New York, New York
10 Jan 09
Congrats, this is so nice to hear people together this long. I wish you both many more years together.
@Chispa514 (871)
• Montreal, Quebec
9 Jan 09
WOW, congrats ! Its very rare these days that you see couples last that long in marriage. People nowadays find 2 years to be a huge accomplishment, so I take my hat of to you and your spouse
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• Philippines
11 Jan 09
[i]Hello Chispa514, Yes, it is really hard to keep it. But we each sacrifices a lot of things to keep it our marriage. Thanks.[/i]
@sweetyethot (1737)
• China
15 Jan 09
Happy 18th year wedding Anniversary!I believe that still water runs long.By the way,I hope my first wedding will be held by the end of the 2010.
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@felher08 (195)
• Philippines
16 Jan 09
Congrats Robert! You've got a very memorable event in your life. I am now 29 yrs. married and I have not celebrated wedding anniversaries. I should have celebrate my 25th anniversary, but due to many ups and downs and challenges and difficulties in my married and family life, I got no opportunity to remember. I was also blessed with five children. I hope I could celebrate my 30th wedding anniversary. Anyway Robert, you are right that we should be thankful to God for He has been with you in your married life. Continue to keep holding firmly in God's protection and care. You will be blessed. Happymylotting!
@miamhae (339)
• Philippines
10 Jan 09
Congrats!! Communication are the best weapons in one relationship specially in marriage. And sometimes we need little sacrifice to make sure our children good future. Trials and problems are part of our life, those things make our relationship much more strong than before after the storm.... I'm not yet married but I wanted and I do my very best to make my marriage forever, like my mom and dad forever.
@vikeyshuy (284)
• China
15 Jan 09
i am so happy for you.i have been married for two years,and sometiems i quarral with my hubby for trivial things.he made me so angry that i even wanted to leave him.but i can't, i find i love him so much.maybe it is a process new coupls must experience.wish you many more years of happiness.
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@zeloguy (4911)
• United States
10 Jan 09
My wife and I have just celebrated our fifth and are looking to many more years together. Congratulations on 18 years of marriage! Thanks Zelo
@aweins (4199)
• India
10 Jan 09
hi robert19ph, my dear friend, its so nice to hear that. HAppy Anniversary to you. may you live together all your life and be more and more happy and contended with every day, month and year passing by.are your children doing something for you or you have decided to do something on your day.enjoy your day. our anniversary is on 6th september and we are having a ten month oldie. on 28th of february she'll turn one. happy anniversary once again and have a very colorful day today.
• India
10 Jan 09
Thanks and congratulations for you 18th wedding anniversary. It's a nice moment and great feeling. You are really blessed that in today's world you have been committed to your relation for 18 beautiful years. I am also married, and my 1st marriage anniversary is yet to come in two 1 and 1/2 months.
@sacmom (14192)
• United States
10 Jan 09
Hi Robert. Congrats on your 18 years of marriage. My husband and I will be married 14 years come next month, and we've been together almost 17 years. We have two kids together, though my husband wants a third. Yikes! We don't really celebrate our anniversary, other than a little hanky panky. Wishing you many more years of marital bliss.
10 Jan 09
Wow 18ths years is great - myself and my husband will celebrate our first on Febuary 14th which even hat seems to have come around so quickly! Hope you have a great day! x
• China
10 Jan 09
Congruduations! To be honest, I am not married now, I have no boyfriend now, so sad. After graduated from my college, I found this job, for my company is a new one, so the last year, I am busy everyday. Everyday is busy from morning to night, so tired, I have no time to find a boyfriend. In this year, I will work harder than last year, but at the same time I will try my best to find a person who loves me and I love him.