One Secret to Making It to Your 25th Anniversary

I thought he was going to have to pull over.

“Silver?” he shouted. “This will be our silver wedding anniversary?”

“I know, right?” I said. “Remember how old our parents were when they celebrated their 25th anniversaries? We’re not that old, are we?”

Two people in complete denial of aging.

But it is true. We celebrate 25 years on June 1st, and we both agree it has been a good 25 years. We went out for dinner last night, and we laughed together all evening. It’s a marriage that gets better with time.

“How did you get to the happily-ever-after of 25 years?” you might ask.

Yesterday I went to get the mail, and then I walked back in the house and closed the door. I started to walk to the kitchen, but then I stopped, turned, and gave the door one more good shove.

Click.

That’s the secret to 25 years. Did you hear that click? When you close our front door, it doesn’t latch all the way unless you give it an extra shove. It drives Matt crazy if he finds the door unlatched.

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