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[quote=Anonymous]We have been together for 20 years come December.  We have been married for 16 years.  We are very happy and work hard to keep our marriage strong and good.  Part of what makes our marriage strong is that we were older.  I was a bachelor into my 30s and my wife came out of a long marriage to her high school sweetheart in her 30s.  She had experience on what made her first marriage disintegrate.  I had waited for a good partner and didn't want to mess things up.  This leads both of us to work hard to make the marriage work.  We both prioritize each other in what we think and do.  It was dumb luck that we met.  But our happiness is due to the effort we both put in to make the other happy.

Due to health issues, we had children late, in our 40s.  Having children definitely strains the marriage.  Kids eat up a lot of time and money.  We were comfortable financially before kids and we have the options to throw money at problems, but having kids means that we do have to make some financial choices that we didn't have to before kids, but at least we have those options.  Many of our "peers" who have kids the same time, are 10-15 years younger and don't have the financial options that we have when faced with the same problems.

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