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[quote=Anonymous]Married 21 years. I don't discount a bit of luck and tenacity in sticking it out. Our wedding vows included a line about choosing the marriage daily, and there have been some days, weeks, months when I have had to mentally go through my internal checklist of why I chose my spouse and reaffirm to myself that those shared values are still present. We have always been aligned on the really big picture stuff. We have not always been aligned on what I'd call the "medium picture" stuff, especially when it comes to some parenting decisions. We were very in sync when the kids were babies up through early elementary. Middle school and high school parenting has been much harder. Some of this is due to the kids and some of this is due to the childhood trauma my spouse is still dealing with from their own childhood. But thr specifics of these challenges have so far been tied to transient things, and I am optimistic about our empty nest stage of life.[/quote]
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