Ok, lets say how many years of "happy togetherness" couples have had together....

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3. Married May 1978

So that is, hold it, need my calculator: 36 years.

I think by now we realize that we have been through so much losing jobs, several times, moving across the country, twice. Being there in "sickness and in health," losing parents that by now we just feel that we belong together, being there for each other for the next medical problem, finishing each other sentence, even sometimes wearing the same color combinations.. Just feeling comfortable around each other doing our own but also to each his and her interests.

One secret? We were not young wide eyes and we got married. We've known each other for many years - grad school - so when we made it official we've already matured and more or less set in our ways.