Congratulations - My mum and dad

On 50 years of marriage.

 

Cool, that doesn't happen much these days.

 

Give them my best

--

 

"Some bloke I've never met on the internet sends his best wishes"

 

Sarah's parents celebrated their 50th on Boxing Day.

 

Respect to both sets. We hit thirty two years last April, which I find
terrifying. Himself says you get less than that for murder. Hm.

Ali

 

So, you're not really the Bedford Bastard, then?

I want a refund.

 

wessie says...

I may be a bastard, but I am not illegitimate.

 

Bloody hell - I'd have to be ninety to do that

 

We'll have been married 2 years tomorrow so I'll be close to 100 by
the time it gets to 50 years. Don't anyone hold their breath waiting
for the party invite.

 

You're older than me? Crivens!

 

I think you're a bit older than 47 if you're entirely honest about it.

 

I am. However, if you'll be 100 by the time your 50th rolls around, and
you've been married 2 years, that puts you somewhere in the vicinity of 52,
sonny.

 

Close to 100 = 95. Either way it's academic because that Russian
monstrosity will have sorted you out way before then.

 

"What's the internet?"

 

small, noisy & ugly...

 

Fine engineering tolerance there.

"monstrosity"? That's a devastatingly effective cross-country weapon of
massive destruction. And it's not me it sorts out.

 

Plus the satisfaction.

 

We made 25 in September, and celebrated with a blow-out dinner for some
20 friends at a hotel in France.[1]

It was rather nice to see the thought that some people had gone into, in
the way of presents. One couple had dug out some old pictures of us and
(younger!) kids at a party, and had them mounted in silver frames. They
now stand on the dressing table: pictures we had no memory of having
been taken.[2].

A helluva lot of booze was sunk, including an unfeasible quantity of
champagne[3]. Someone else had had the forethought to ring up the hotel
and when The Doctor and I went into our room, there was a bottle of
champagne on ice, so by the time we joined the others in the bar we'd
already polished it off.

I think wedding anniversaries, like weddings, are a splendid way of
getting joyously pickled.

[1] Chepy, destination of a couple of ukrm runs
[2] We weren't sober at the time.
[3] It's amazing how easily it slips down.

 

Both my parents and my wife's parents are coming up for 35ish years.
This seems to be even rarer.