Lee1968
Elite Member
Today is our 35th wedding anniversary. We married when she was 16 and I was 18, and we had a little one on the way. (It was the Friday after I graduated high school.) I came from the wrong side of the tracks, and she grew up in a 17 room house. Needless to say, our families were not "supportive" of our decision. Her mom offered her one of her rental properties as long as she didn't bring me. The day we got married, we went to my sister's house for a small gathering. When we walked in, my mom asked - "Did you do it?" - when I told her we were married, she just shook her head and walked away. My older brother - who has been divorced twice now - said it wouldn't work. My sister - who has been divorced once - said it wouldn't work. The judge that married us told us how the odds were our marriage would end in divorce. I was making $3.50 an hour, and we found a small rental house in a bad part of town, and we got started. It took years, but we are financial comfortable now. I was used to being poor, but for her it had to be a shock - but she didn't complain. We have always been on each other's side, and I can't imagine my life without her. Sorry this doesn't have anything to do with metal detecting, but for this milestone, I had to brag a little.