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Is it possible to make it to 30 years in marriage?

Is it possible to make it to 30 years in marriage?

Through it all, Christ has kept us together and brought us a more wonderfully fulfilling relationship than either of us knew was possible. On the other side of deep pain is deep joy. You’ve just got to make it there. So what’s the key?

How often did I think about my first love?

“I thought about you constantly after that one date. For years it was daily. Then, because it was ruining my life, I forced it to an every week or so category. When I met my wife, maybe once every month.” Someone loved me, and I didn’t know? There’s a reason for the cliché about your heart pounding.

Why did we stay together for 25 years?

There have been a few seasons in our 25 years where we stayed together simple because we were being obedient. (I’d say Toni had to exercise her obedience more than I did.) So you stay when you feel like leaving. You stay when you feel like doing something irresponsible. You just obey what you believe God has called you to do in the situation.

Is it OK to leave your wife after 32 years?

But now it’s 32 years later. We have two grown daughters, one who has given us two grandchildren, and another who married and left her husband a little over a year into their marriage. I am like others I’ve read here. I am no longer in love with my wife, although I do care for her a lot.

Through it all, Christ has kept us together and brought us a more wonderfully fulfilling relationship than either of us knew was possible. On the other side of deep pain is deep joy. You’ve just got to make it there. So what’s the key?

Is it possible to drive away the love of Your Life?

Countless people have behaved badly in earlier relationships and maybe even driven away the one they suspect might have been the ‘love of their life’ (not a concept I believe in, by the way). Countless people have also accepted lessons of regret and guilt as aspects of their full humanity. This is rational — and mature, too.

There have been a few seasons in our 25 years where we stayed together simple because we were being obedient. (I’d say Toni had to exercise her obedience more than I did.) So you stay when you feel like leaving. You stay when you feel like doing something irresponsible. You just obey what you believe God has called you to do in the situation.

Do you think your love will come back around?

If Your Love Is Meant To Be, He’ll Come Back Around. Here’s Why… Over the course of my dating life, I’ve learned an important lesson about love – something that pertains to young women who have just begun dating, as well as more experienced women who know all about love….