That's how long I have been married as of today. More than 1/3 of my life. We've known each other since we were 16--half our lives. I don't feel old enough to have been married for so long. But we got married much too young--just a month before my 21st birthday. It worked for us, but I hope that my children are older before they marry, and especially before having children.
We've been through a lot in 12 years. We both graduated from college. Moved from Collegetown to Big City. Had our first child at the same time DH was starting his first job. Had a tremendously difficult pregnancy with the twins. Bought our first house. DH's got his masters. I went to law school. We've gone from barely-making-ends-meet starving college students living in a crappy apartment with hand-me-down furniture (and a futon!) working full-time and going to school full-time and hardly every seeing each other to semi-successful (that might get bumped up if I ever get a real job) people with comfortable incomes, a nice home in the 'burbs, and three beautiful kids. And we have managed to raise good and amazing kids who strangers compliment when we were out--it always stuns me that we made these three little people.
So the last twelve years have been good. I certainly wouldn't have predicted that my life would have turned out this way. (I never wanted kids and I was pre-med at the time.) But it all worked out. I wonder where we'll be in another 12 years? PS will be in college--the twins will be getting ready to graduate high school. We'll be on the verge of empty-nesting. Hard to imagine.
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Eerie! We have the same anniversary, I just typed to a friend, "I don't feel old enough to be married 15 years!", and I was also pre-med, once upon a time. And didn't want kids.
Happy Anniversary!
Nine years. Married at 22. Had the kiddo later, but in many ways similar.
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