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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our 40th is in a few months. The kids don't give a damn. [/quote]

I'm pretty sure my parents have been married at least 40 years, considering that my brother is 42.  I don't give a damn because they are miserable being together, and they make everyone around them miserable. I don't think there's anything to celebrate in regards to them staying together. My mother has literally never supported herself and doesn't know how so she needs my father, and I think my father would be afraid of the unknown, combined with a deep sense of "honoring obligations and commitments." If they had a happy marriage I would have been happy to celebrate it. [/quote]

My parents have a similar marriage but we threw them a 50th anyway. Everyone ended up having a nice time and even my parents got nostalgic after seeing their friends and family come together.  They're not getting one for their 65th, since my mom is currently criticizing Dad every waking hour. [b]Zero filter[/b]. [/quote]

Part of aging is becoming more blunt and rude. It can even be a form of dementia. I read about it when my dear grandma started saying rude things and had no filter in her 80's.

I'm not saying you need to do anything for their anniversary though. My husband and I think of our anniversary as mostly important to us. I'm not into the big obligations on everyone. I know our kids love us and I don't need grand gestures.[/quote]

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