This is actually kind of sad.A woman that would wait around 10 years for a man to finally marry her,and a man to take 10 years to actually step up and marry her.I really don't know what else to think :( .Maybe congratulations to the both of you!:captain:

Congrats!
 

Welcome to the dark side my young Jedi.

I would tell you about putting a penny in a jar for everytime you made love dating and take one out everytime after you get married...and the jar will never be empty.

Great!

My usual "advice" when asked about marriage is to reply -- "have you gotten out of bed and actually talked to each other yet?"

There was a study done -- there is a hormone that lasts 18 months -- once that wears off a date turns into a relationship.... It may explain why the AVERAGE marriage lasts a whopping 3 years... it takes the 18 months to get over the "hump" (pun intended) and then the newness wears off. :willy: :rofl:

Since we KNOW that Todd and Kelli have made it past this period... this should be a marriage that lasts! :cheers:

So we finally know that after 10 years you finally popped the question....I guess the real question though is...."Did she say yes?" :rofl:

Congrats Todd!

Yep, she said yes. :unibrow:

I've heard the horror stories of marriage since I turned 18 and went out and got a real job. I'd rather go into this deal with an open mind and make my own life from it.

I was only joking
 

Not the case in my house or many others, but you have to poke at the new guy jumping in and make him think/worry a bit.


I know this is jumping the gun here, but I was told...once you have kids you never sleep again, it is only a series of short naps. Mine are 11 and 9 and that is 100% true.

Ahhh....,Hmmm,......Horror stories,.......I'd love to tell you the long story and I hope you dont mind if I give you my experience in the short......

I made sure the the wedding cake was special ordered from Mexico, 10 lbs of finely ground spanish fly added to the frosting alone.........

After the reception, I rushed my wife to the car as my mother-n-law followed.......practically ran over my mother-n-law's toe's as I stepped on the throttle as she bellowed my wife name and I hear her voice fading away in the back ground, "Later mother-n-law, she's mine now, hah, hah, hah" I think to myself.

Just kidding. In all seriousness, in my experience, marriage is a compromise. We've had our ups and downs but I feel things got the best after 10 years probably due to not having much time for each other in the previous years. We were both 32 when we got married and we had 3 children back to back. Imagine having 3 kids in diapers at one time........definitley not easy.

We've been married 13 years now. Kids can shower and feed themselves now which makes things alot easier.

My advise, sit down with each other, discuss the future and plan accordingly.

Wish you guy's the best of luck!!

Congratulations! That is great to hear Todd. I've been with my ol' lady 10 years on Dec. 21st, and married for 3 of those.

Kelli seems like a real catch.

:cheers:

Congrats,Todd. I'm all for taking your time. I "dated" for seven years before I moved forward.

Here's to a new chapter of your life. A long and happy marriage to you!