How many do you have? (Or, how many HAVE you HAD?)
I didn't ask this information on the reunion reply form, and it won't be in the reunion program, so let's do it on this blog. If "marriages" is too confining or obscure of a notion or topic, then answer as you wish, or not. Like, how many times have you been "with your soulmate, but now want to fall back in love" with your spouse? ... paraphrasing the South Carolina governor, not me. Does this make sense? You report, we'll decide.
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ReplyDeleteTwo daughters, 28 and 25. Two grandchildren, 5 and 2. One marriage, 31 years on Wednesday.
See? Easy.
arghhh'''i typed this 1x and my computer deleted it !ill try again...I have one birth son Anthony 28 who is married and has 2 beautiful children Aiden 3 and Ava 1..I took my 3 great-nephews in to live with me almost 9 yrs ago...so I cosider them mine Sam 15, Chris 14 and Devin 12...I have never tied the knot even though I have been very close to it...something always held me back and now that Im getting ancient im very set in my ways and it would take a very patient man who loves kids to be able to blend, until that time I am quite joyful in my full life
ReplyDeleteOne marriage to Joe-35yrs. this coming December 7th. Two sons...Eric, 32 and Jason, 30. One daughter, Jennifer, 24. Two grandchildren, Taylor, 11 and Dylan, 9. (They belong to Eric and unfortunately they live out in Utah so we don't get to see them very often!) Our other 2 children are not married.
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ReplyDeleteTwo marriages.First one ended when it came to light my wife was spanking her boss. I'll report you decide. He had quite a bit of money I probably would have done him too!
ReplyDeleteCurrently married 19 years to Terri, two daughters,Alexia 18 and Valerie 14. If there is any grandkids in the near future I will gut that young man and hang him from the tree in the front yard. Southern birth control!
One marriage to Majda, whom I met in Beirut, Lebanon in 1983. She worked in the U.S. Embassy and survived the April 1983 suicide bombing that destroyed the building and killed most people inside it. She grew up in a country embroiled in a religion based civil war and she will tell anyone who will listen how fortunate we are to live in America! She’s a Lebanese Christian (this is an important term in that country) and was raised in Sidon, a village so old it is repeatedly mentioned in the Bible! We’ll be celebrating our 25th anniversary on August 25th. For those who like middle eastern cooking – she knows how to do it all – including making her own pita bread, spinach pies, lamb, baklava, etc. It takes several workouts to negate the impact of one of her Lebanese holiday feasts!
ReplyDeleteI asked her to come to America and marry me the morning I left Beirut in 1984. We'd had many conversations in her office, but due to the security situation in Beirut we had never gone on a date, been alone together or had any discussions that indicated our friendship was anything more than just that - a friendship. I went to her office to say goodbye and as I left something made me turn around, go back into her office and tell her that I wanted her to come to America and marry me. Her response was classic - she said, "Marine, you've been away from home too long. You're talking nonsense. When you get home, give me a call if you are still serious about this."
As I flew out of Lebanon that morning, I was incredulous that I had just asked someone I barely knew to marry me! We stopped briefly in Spain a few days later and I phoned her and told her I was serious and she should tell her parents. I'd never met her parents and for them to allow their daughter to leave Lebanon and go to America to marry a man they didn't know and whose family they didn't know went against all societal norms of their culture. She told me that when she left her parents at the airport to begin the journey to America her father wept like a baby - convinced his daughter was making a huge mistake. She arrived in the U.S. and we were married at the Marine base in Jacksonville, NC a few days later. In November of that year we had our "church wedding" at St. Joseph's. The next month I left the states for 7 months to go back to the Middle East and Majda, with the help of other Marines wives learned how to be an American!
We have four children, Michelle - 23, Larry – 21 and the twins Mike II and Majda - 16. Michelle and Larry are both college students. The twins will enter their junior year in high school in the fall.
For me, one marriage that lasted 12 years. We are still close friends - for that I am grateful, because I think it's rare. I have been single again for almost 20 years. I echo Andrea's thoughts about having a full, joyful life, which includes two sons.
ReplyDeleteColin is 30 and Ben is 26. Both are unmarried (except to outdoor recreation). One works for a fly fishing lodge 30 miles out of town, and the other maintains trails every summer in a wilderness area outside of Leavenworth, WA.
No grandchildren, but two grandpuppies. One is a lab mix named PeeKay, named after the main character in The Power of One (age 4); and one purebred English setter named San Coulee Mac Falcour (age 1). His name is Mac for short - and Falcour comes from the character in NeverEnding Story). I lost my sweet dog, Jasper of 16 years (the one pictured with me on my profile) this past winter.
But I also have friends I haven't met yet!
Peggy...sorry to hear about ur doggie...i had to put my 12 yr old Lab to sleep and I still miss her, she was one of a kind...now its only cats for awhile,I dont need any extra responsibilities right now !
ReplyDelete*Mike what an awesome love story ..one of my favorite foods is Lebanonese( sp?) it was rolled cabbage leaves, finger size and cooked in a lemon juice plus one of my (L)neighbors makes a squash stuffed w/ground beef+rice then baked w/tomatoes and lemon...they seem to cook alot w/lem which i love.
*note to Tom...when the time comes you will say you never experienced such joy as grandchildren, but i understand by ur girls ages that now is NOT the time !
I really love these blogs it will make it that much more familiarwhen we all get together
* Ed ..can u please type a little less and leave some space for others ;)
Ellen WOW 35 yrs !!!! u win ! I havent even made it to 1 LOL see ya soon guys...'joisey term'
Four kids (my two: Alan,34 and Lara,30 and Steve's 2: Jason, 34 and Mary 31)
ReplyDeleteFive plus two on the way grands: Alan's Jacob(6) and Joshua (2) plus Justin due around the reunion
Jason's Sebastian (4) and Sophie (8 months)
Mary's Kailey (2)and baby sister due in December. They keep us hopping. Grandchildren are like dessert first all the time!
No children, thus no grandchildren. No marriages, but I did meet my companion, Marcia 11 1/2 years ago, and we have 3 dogs (Duke the goldendoodle, Simon the cockapoo, Lucy the papillion/pomeranian/chiuaua mix & two loving cats). I have, in the last few years, felt some sadness that I never had children. No regrets. just that at the time I was having baby pangs I wasn't involved with anyone that wanted to have children with. I've had a very rich life to date, but no children does feel like somewhat of a loss.
ReplyDeleteAs per Mike's above title: 4, 0, 1 (thanks, Ed, for pointing out how to take the easy way out)
ReplyDeleteJust wanted to comment on Mike Ettore's writing (and life story!) Mike, having known very little of you in high school (I admit I never looked much past the end of my own nose during my journey through NHS) it has been a pleasure reading of your life since, and I am really looking forward to meeting the man you have since become.