18 Years Yesterday ...

[dawn_felagund]

As of yesterday, Bobby and I have been together for 18 years.

I have told the story before of how we got together at the ages of 14 (me) and just-barely-15 (him) at a dance at our nerdy math-science magnet school, so I won't repeat it now. Suffice to say that we have been together for well over half of our lives by now with no plans on changing

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[pandemonium_213]

I spotted Bobby's post on FB and managed to navigate away from the page before I could "yell"...HUZZAH! So, I will do it here.

Part of what distracted me was my search for Kurt Vonnegut's concept of duprass from his created religion in Cat's Cradle:

duprass - a karass[1] that consists of only two people. This is one of the few kinds of karass about which one can have any reliable knowledge. The two members of a duprass live lives that revolve around each other, and are therefore often married. "A true duprass can't be invaded, not even by children born of such a union." The novel cites the example of "Horlick Minton, the New American Ambassador to the Republic of San Lorenzo, and his wife, Claire." The two members of a duprass always die within a week of each other.

[1]karass - A group of people linked in a cosmically significant manner, even when superficial links are not evident.
I would say that you and Bobby fit the bill for a duprass, and yet...not quite. You two are so connected, so well-fitted and complementary to one

[dawn_felagund]

Thank you! :D I love the idea of the duprass, and all of that is certainly true. Bobby and I have never had a song (a high school tradition that I am thankful that we skipped, coming from the generation that swooned to the Titanic theme!), but we do have a poem, by my favorite poet Walt Whitman:

We two-how long we were fool’d

[hhimring]

You make a wonderful team!
And that photo booth photo is so cute! You look so happy!

[indy1776]

Congratulations! I love all those pictures of you; you both look wonderful.

(And I hear you on the introvert thing-- I also test at 100%.)

[myaru]

Happy anniversary!

I'll have to tell my husband about the 'he is just as good as being alone" comment, because he'll crack up and say you sound just like me. :P

[angelica_ramses]

Congratulations!
Such cute photos!Bobby ages wonderfully and you haven't changed a bit.
Just to be in-between you and Dreamflower, this year we've been married for 28 years \0/ where was I all that time? ;)
I so understand what you mean by being social and outgoing in front of the students and then needing to relax and just be with myself ! (and a couple of elves maybe...)