[JRA]

Yes, it is kind of a spin off, but it made me think.

When someone says they have been "married" (defacto or married) quite a while, or a long time what does that mean to you?

I suppose my first marriage was 6 years, I consider a 6 year marriage VERY short. DH and I have now been married nearly 12 years (living together for nearly 2 years before that) and then I would still not consider that a long marriage.


What do you consider to be a long marriage?

[dippinsniffer]

I'd consider a long marriage to be over 20yrs.

15 is not LONG in my opinion but 20 is, 25 is and anything over of course.

[AgentProvocateur]

Anything under life is too short a marriage in my book.

[Nora.]

Yeah, I'd say long is 20 years.

DH and I have been together 11 years & married 8, but it feels like we only met last month.

[Lizz]

I would say around the 20-25yr mark I would start to say that was a long marriage/relationship.

Dh and I have been married 15yrs together for 18yrs and most of the time that doesn't feel like a long time...yet!

[~Alchemy~]

20+ years..

[JayBelle]

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This post has been edited by JayBelle: 02/04/2009, 05:44 PM

[Mumma3]

I'm with sceptical

My grandparents were married 65+ years - until death do us part.

In my extended family, there has only been 1 divorce, and that was after 30 years of marriage.

DH's family, on the other hand, have a strong family history of shorter marriages. The shortest, being just 3 1/2 months. The longest marriage, including his grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins & parents, was 17 years for a first marriage and 20 for a second.

We are coming up to 14 years in November and in DH's family, are considered rare.

[JRA]

especially when people say they have proved everyone wrong and their 2 year marriage is still going strong

Yes.

I also think it probably in my mind has something to do with where you are in life.

To me when your children are grown up and you are happily enjoying life with them gone and going on with their own lives, then it is a long marriage.

[Guest_~Cupcake~_*]

Well my grandparents were married almost 70 years when my grandpa died . My parents have been married 41 yrs. So they are pretty much what I think of in regards to being married a long time.

This post has been edited by ~Cupcake~: 03/10/2008, 10:40 PM