Al, Tipper and the Myth of a 'Good Divorce'

Vampire: Then you've never listened to Paul Harvey, or read the obits of your community's old folks. Mr Harvey featured at least one couple in his daily newscast who celebrated anniversaries well past the 50 year mark. That means they'd have married when young, to be sure, but the point is longterm marriages are not as uncommon as thought, nor necessarily as tired, lacking in imagination, or love as you claim. Heck, we've folks in our church who've been married for 60 years and more. My own mother in law was married, between two husbands (first one deceased), for nearly sixty years herself. My grandparents, 45 years (second for her, third for him-and he lived to 98). DH and I, 31 years (in spite of my being an adult child of divorce....