Will You Make It To Your 50th Anniversary?
Anniversaries are such a marriage milestone, it makes me wonder if my husband and I will make it to our 50th anniversary.
Let’s do the math a minute. I am from the era where college education and career came first, so consequently we were married in our early 30’s. To make it to a Golden Wedding Anniversary, we would have to at least live to be 80 years old. With modern medicine, that is entirely possible!
Additionally, statistically speaking over half of all marriages are ending in divorce. So based on all of those facts, I say we have a 50/50 chance (God willing) to make it to our Golden Anniversary.
With that said, what do you think? Will you make it to your 50th Wedding Anniversary? Do you feel that the current trend in society to wait even longer (after your career is stable, mid 40″s) to get married will change how many of us actually will reach this important milestone? We would love to hear from you!
August 17th, 2007 at 10:39 am
Yes, we will definitely make it to our 50th Anniversary as long as we are both living! We may be in wheelchairs with oxygen tanks, but we will be holding hands and still very much in love.
A 50th Anniversary is an amazing achievement. The divorce rate is actually decreasing, mostly due to people not getting married at all, but there is still some hope in the declining divorce rate.
I believe in “til’ death do us part.” Marriage needs to be worked on constantly. Nobody is the same person at 20 that they are at 30, 50, or 70. We are always changing and our relationships have to adapt too. If we all know this before saying those vows, then I think more people would see that golden anniversary!
August 17th, 2007 at 11:33 am
Thanks for the post Kellie,
I wish you many blessed years to come!
Lori
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September 11th, 2007 at 12:14 pm
My husband and I will make it to our Golden, but our party will be on our front porch, everyone surrounding our rocking chairs. My parents just made it to their 30th anniversary, something that seems amazing these days. The divorce rate may be going down, but that’s not how it seems. Almost everyday you hear of someones marriage disolving. My husbands parents divorced some 25 years ago, and neither have remarried since.
There’s a large variety of relationships out there now. Families are getting smaller and blended. My husband and I decided we were only going to be married once, no divorce. Thirteen years later, we can’t wait for our Golden Anniversary! I think in the future you will be considered “special” if you make it 25 years.
September 27th, 2007 at 12:47 pm
We will absolutely make it, especially if we celebrate every single year that goes by! And that is exactly what my husband and I do. We have had a bash once a year for the past 14 years and we will keep going, hopefully past our 50th. Each year that goes by is a defeat in today’s value system, and that should be celebrated to the fullest each time it happens. Marriage is work and that should be rewarded with a party.
September 29th, 2007 at 3:37 am
Hi Sarah,
Thank you for the post, you go girl! You are a third of the way there.
Lori
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