My Life in Five Words

[swimboy]

Not women. Men. This man.



Twenty years today! Cheers, mr. swim!

[meegbear]

1. The second line is six words

[swimboy]

2. Okay

My life in five words.

My day in six.

:fistbump:

[meegbear]

7. OK!!

:hi:

[pacalo]

3. Congratulations!

Nice looking -- all of you.

:toast:

[swimboy]

9. Thank you, pacalo!

:hi:

[Demoiselle]

4. Cheers and hugs and may you have at LEAST twenty more!

[swimboy]

10. Thank you!

I appreciate it. I'm hoping for twenty more or more, too!

:hug:

[siligut]

5. That is so romantic

Congrats on a long time loving.

[swimboy]

12. Thanks!

It's an incredible long time that didn't seem long at all.

:hi:

[Skittles]

6. OK I'LL SAY IT

YOU GUYS ARE A COUPLE OF HOTTIES; yes INDEED :D

[swimboy]

13. Skittles!

Thanks so much!

:blush:

:loveya:

[LaurenG]

8. What Skittles said and Congratulations!

:hi:

[swimboy]

14. Thank you, thank you!

:hi:

[GreenPartyVoter]

11. Congrats!

:hug:

[swimboy]

15. Thank you so much, GreenPartyVoter.

You're one of the first people I remember from my first days on DU!

:hug:

[GreenPartyVoter]

16. I'd like to know more about the pictures, if you don't mind sharing. :^D

[swimboy]

19. Sure!

The first picture dates from not long after we met. It's at a party/ball thrown by a local museum in the early or mid-1990s. It's the first picture I every posted of the two of us on DU. The second picture is from a wedding we attended in Italy in July 2005. That's the wedding couple in the center. The bride is a member of a family that is very close to my family. We went to her brother's wedding just days after 9/11/2001. We were nearly the only Americans flying as it was one of the first days after the period that all flights were grounded and many of the people on the plane were Europeans taking the opportunity to return home.

The last picture was taken in 2007 at a party for a friend from church who was getting married. I'm sorry it's not a larger format. I hadn't really added many pictures to Photobucket since that period so I didn't have anything more current.

:D

[GreenPartyVoter]

22. I was wondering why it was so teensy, LOL The other two pics are great. You gentlemen sure

do clean up well! (And I am sooo jealous of your trip to Italy! I can see how beautiful it must have been just from that one picture.)

I'd give you grief for not having a more current pic of you two, but I'd be such a hypocrite if I did. :P

[swimboy]

25. All right, you gently shamed me into it . . .

Here are two recent photographs. The first is from my birthday in February, the second from our niece's wedding in July. (It seems like we go to a lot of weddings.)

[GreenPartyVoter]

27. Those are terrific pics! And I wish I went to as many weddings as you do. They are so much fun. :^D

I'm afraid I can't reciprocate and post a recent pic of my own. I've been running away from cameras for years now. LOL

[TuxedoKat]

17. Congratulations

You are a very handsome couple. :)

[swimboy]

20. Thank you.

You're very kind! :hi:

[TuxedoKat]

34. Ahh...

you're welcome! I was going to add earlier that one of you (gentleman wearing glasses) resembles Stephen Colbert. :)

[nolabear]

18. Oh my God you guys are gorgeous!

Many, many congratulations.

[swimboy]

21. I'm blushing. But I'm grinning, too!

Thanks so much!

:7

[krispos42]

23. Well, congrats.

I hope I'm that lucky one day.


If you replace "this man" with Salma Hayak. ;-)

[swimboy]

24. Ha! Thanks!

Here's hoping Salma comes around to your way of thinking!

[krispos42]

26. *sigh*

Oh yes indeed.

Make sure you guys have a great time celebrating!

[Skittles]

29. still pining over Salma, krispos42?

I WILL KICK YOUR ASS; yes INDEED

[krispos42]

30. Thanks, but it's just not the same as Salma Hayek kicking my ass

;-)

[Skittles]

38. don't knock me!

I'll get my thigh high stilettos out baby! :D

[krispos42]

39. Is that a threat...

...or a promise? :-)

[blueamy66]

28. Congrats!

:-)

[mikeytherat]

31. Mazel tov! And Mrs. Rat and I hit the big 21 tomorrow!

Are you gonna choir it tonight, or are the lovebirds celebrating?

mikey_the_rat

[mikeytherat]

32. BTW: In those 20+ years, I've never seen Mr. Swim and Nick Finn in the same place at the same time.

I'm still suspicious.

mikey_the_rat

[zanana1]

33. Congratulations! nt

[HappyMe]

35. ..and they lived happily ever after.

:toast: Here's to 20 more years of health, happiness and love!

[yankeepants]

36. You two are gorgeous!

I don't think Mr. yankeepants and I are as well perserved as you two but after 22 years we are still in love and having a great life together! Cheers!

[Mad_Dem_X]

37. Congratulations!

Best wishes to you both! :toast:

[styersc]

40. Congrats, but not to offend, you wasted three words.

You are a very handsome couple. Much to be proud of. (And I don't end sentences with a preposition for just any thread.)

[Ilsa]

41. Beautiful pics, thank you for posting. Congratulations and Many More! nt

[tjwmason]

42. They're an EVEN better looking couple in person too.

A very happy anniversary to you both. :hug: