Secrets to a Happy Marriage – Part 1
As many people know, I have always collected funny drug stories. But I also always liked hearing about success stories in relationships or marriages. Therefore, I have decided to start a new “series” with happy stories about true love. Especially since I recently read a heart-breaking diary entry from my brother that said something like “love is dead and brings nothing but pain.” This is NOT true, and I want to contribute to proving just that!
Here is a story from a friend I would like to share. I am not going to give his identity away, but I feel that this truly qualifies for being successful as a husband:
“My wife and I celebrate our anniversary every month, because when we started dating I told her that my record length for a relationship was 6 weeks. She said “We’ll see…” and I thought “oh boy, she’s going to hurt by the second monthly aniversary.” That was 19 years and three months ago!
September 9th, 1990 was our first date. Since then, without fail, on the 9th of every month I bring her a long stem rose with a little card. If I’m gone on business, I have it delievered to her office. I have an account with a florist, which I pay at the beginning of the year, and then throughout the year I either pick up the rose in person, or the florist takes it directly to her.
Here’s a piece of advice, if you care to remain in love, not just to love, then don’t stop dating! Ever! It’s the best way to keep up with each other, grow together through all the changes and hard times and stay romantic. There’s something very sexy about your best friend and partner being also your lover. I still kidnap my wife from work and wisk her away to a retreat for the weekend.
A few years ago, I kidnapped her for
Valentine’s Day and flew her to Paris just to give her a little diamond ring (it could’ve been a bigger diamond ring if we just had pizza for dinner instead of flying to Paris for three days but…)
My grandfather pulled me to the side when I was 7 and made me swear that I remember one thing: “Always treat your woman like a princess or another man will!” I didn’t know what that meant back then, but it came in handy later on in life.”
To my friend who shared his story with me, “you are my hero!” I think this shows again that romance and true love are not dead. I wished there would be more fathers and grandfathers who taught their boys about romance like this. And I am so very happy that I never stopped believing in those values, even when so many people told me that my notions were stupid and dated.
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