Im happy for you and the wife you found each other. Id be a liar if i said its been 44 years of true wedding bliss. We had our moments but worked it out. I was a young guy and still full of piss and vinegar. Every so often there was a few times after the 3 to 11 shift i went out with the boys and came home at day break. There was the time she was pregnant with #2 and one mourning after the midnights i had my Triumph Bonnie from when i was single and decided not to come home right away. She thought i was dead and when i walked in the door all hell broke loose. A few fistfights with some guys, tied a few on, stuff like that.
With #3 and in my late twenties and although i wasn't wild, my father told me calm down and i did.
She was a gem, she put the kids always first, she'd walk around in rags and hand me downs just to make sure those kids and nice clothes. I use to buy her clothes at christmas and her birthday, she'd return them and spend the money on the kids. She knew money was tight and we were always working on this house and never asked for ****.
We had this little black and white set in the bedroom, she would like a little calm time after the kids were in bed to watch her favorite shows. When she went to work at night at her P/T gig. Her mother came over without her knowing and i ran out and brought home a new color set.
I had it playing when she came home and when she walked into the bedroom her she was shocked. I still remember that day.
Now its all changed. I give that woman anything and everything she could ever want. The house is beautiful inside and out. I take her out to diner at nice paces take her to see shows whatever it is
I dont lecture anyone but these young couples when they ask how i tell them that love aint ******* like two bunnies. Love is holding her head while she puked from chemo, its cleaning her after she used the bathroom because she was to weak to do it herself. Its seeing your wife in the most unattractive way possible, her body cut up and bloated.
No I'm no saint i did my share that I'm not particular proud of but she has been a great wife and mother to our kids.
I guess we did ok. Thanks for listening to a old windbag
