We're becoming very predictable
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381815)
Rockingham, Australia
December 17, 2019 2:03am CST
In a previous life, as in when he first left school, my husband worked in a bank. He remembers facts and figures quite well mostly and I asked him today when decimal currency came to Australia. As I knew he would, he immediately launched into a ditty about the 14th of February, 1966. This was an advertisement which was played over and over on the radio in the months eading up to the introduction of decimal currency. I don’t recall it really but he knew it by heart.
I teased him, saying he was getting SO predictable. Often, I know what he is going to say in answer to a particular question. I’m no better. I guess after 48 years of marriage it’s to be expected that our partners become ‘predictable’. And, of course, at times he still surprises me.
Photo is of one of a 1927 florin - well before decimal currency.
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@moffittjc (128830)
• Gainesville, Florida
17 Dec 19
They often joke that people who have been together for long periods of time can read each other's minds, and often finish each other's thoughts and sentences without even realizing they are doing it.
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@moffittjc (128830)
• Gainesville, Florida
17 Dec 19
@JudyEv Has anyone ever told you that they think you and Vince have a resemblance to each other? I've heard that after couples have been together for long periods of time, they start to look like each other.
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@JudyEv (381815)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Dec 19
@moffittjc I guess it could be worse. Some start to look like their pets. I do think we look alike in this photo.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
17 Dec 19
48 years? congrats! to be with someone that long, 'n happy, 'tis such a gift. brilliant he recalls all 'f that. thingies i used to know so well 're foreign to me these days.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
18 Dec 19
@JudyEv lol, i reckon so, but can't fault him fer that. i've gotten purty fergetful these past few weeks. can't seem to keep track'f much 'f nothin'. which reminds me, where'd i put my keys?? i'll hunt fer 'em later, lol.
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@JudyEv (381815)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Dec 19
@crazyhorseladycx We try hard to put things where they should be but we still lose stuff.
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@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
17 Dec 19
I heard a saying that after two decades of marriage, couples start looking alike more like a sibling
Well I am into my 20th year of marriage. Your Golden Jubilee Year is fast approaching
Well I am into my 20th year of marriage. Your Golden Jubilee Year is fast approaching1 person likes this
@JudyEv (381815)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Dec 19
@arunima25 That wouldn't be a good thing. 
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@cmoneyspinner (9218)
• Austin, Texas
17 Dec 19
I like the photo. Glad you explained it.
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@snowy22315 (208751)
• United States
17 Dec 19
Yes, you get to know how they think after a few years and can be pretty sure what they are going to say especially about certain subjects.
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@JudyEv (381815)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Dec 19
True. I know all his stories but I'm good as a prompt if he forgets a detail.
@changjiangzhibin89 (17239)
• China
17 Dec 19
We have an ancient poem "hearts which beat in unison are linked",means affectionately attached to each other or know each other well.
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
17 Dec 19
It's basic human nature to become predictable.
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
17 Dec 19
i collect the older coins, they are much more fun! I wonder how many years of marriage results in the known answer....
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@JudyEv (381815)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Dec 19
Vince collected coins for a while with a view to selling them later but there isn't much demand for them at the moment.
