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25 Years and Counting

CarlSpackler

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Today is a momentous occasion my friends. 25 years ago, my wife and I got married. She mostly puts up with my insistence to play this silly game called golf. I guess that makes her a keeper. She only accompanied me once to the golf course and rode along watching me play. This was about 21 years ago when she was pregnant with my son and overdue. I convinced her that riding in the golf art might help to induce the delivery of the baby. I really wanted an excuse to play golf, and that was the best idea that I could come up with. I was wrong and quickly came to regret it. Several holes in she told me that I stunk. I have improved quite a bit since then, but it often takes a little honest reality to kick you in the arse and motivate you to get better. I'm not sure if that was her attempt at getting me to give up the game, or if she was trying to make sure that I never invited her out to the course again. All I can say is that the last 25 years have been anything but dull.

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iacas

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Hey, today's my 15th anniversary! Congrats to us both!

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31 minutes ago, iacas said:

Hey, today's my 15th anniversary! Congrats to us both!

Congrats Erik! Don't forget flowers and stuff.

8 minutes ago, FlyingAce said:

Happy Anniversaries to @CarlSpackler and @iacas

Thank you sir!

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37 minutes ago, CarlSpackler said:

Congrats Erik! Don't forget flowers and stuff.

I bought her… this:

It's what she wanted!

P.S. She thinks flowers (and cards) are a waste of money.

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CarlSpackler

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15 minutes ago, iacas said:

I bought her… this:

It's what she wanted!

P.S. She thinks flowers (and cards) are a waste of money.

That makes her a keeper too! Back in the day, the rule of thumb was to never buy anything that plugs in. That's hard to do now.

Divot Master

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On 5/27/2020 at 1:15 PM, iacas said:

Hey, today's my 15th anniversary! Congrats to us both!

And my 32nd was Thursday!  Congrats to all of us!

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Congratulations to all of you!

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huron76

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Congratulations ! I hope for many more for you both!

mclaren4life

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Congrats to all of you guys. I’ve been with my gf for 21 years. 

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On 5/27/2020 at 2:26 PM, iacas said:

I bought her… this:

It's what she wanted!

P.S. She thinks flowers (and cards) are a waste of money.

Congrats and The Ninja Foodi Grill is awesome, I use this almost every day.

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