slo’s WEDNESDAY 9/13 poll - Your Longest Relationship

[dznymemories]

DH and I exchanged letters for a year and a half before we actually met. We will celebrate our 63rd anniversary next month. Sad to say that most of our friends have passed on.

 

[bobbiwoz]

Beverly and I met in Kindergarten, and we were 6…we are now 76.

 

[Babs Johnson]

Married for 34 years and we knew each other for three years before that.

But I’ve known a college friend for over 45 years now.

 

[prairie_girl]

My longest is 27 years this year. We were best friends since the day we met and he’s still a pain in my butt lol

 

[Lord Manhammer]

My oldest friend I met at age 3 and while we don't talk regularly, we talk when it counts - 44 years

My friend from kindergarten who I still travel abroad with sometimes - 42 years

(Second) Wife - 14 years

 

[Lord Manhammer]

Sadly, my friends from my youth and pre-Marie days have all passed on. And a number from more recently (50+ years) have also passed on.

I would say the longest relationship for me would be probably Marie's and my best friend. Marie knows her from her high school days, early 60's. I have known her from when she started at the same workplace that Marie started at after their post high school business schooling, about 1966. That is where I met Marie also. The friend's husband passed away December, 2020, COVID. So, for me, over 45 years, actually about 56 years.

When our Vince and Natalie were still minors, this couple would have been their legal guardians if Marie and I were gone. This couple and their extended family did and do consider us family, as we do them. We see her and a lot of their family throughout the year (we refer to them as the 'party family') probably a half dozen times a year at various parties. We've seen her and some members of the extended family 4 times in the past 3 months at various parties for one thing or another. And every July, for about 45 years now, all of that extended family (about 30 people now) and my family (Marie, kids and grandkids, 10 of us), get together at a Wisconsin resort for a week.

There are a few friends from my younger years that I have lost touch with over the years that I keep wanting to call (hope numbers on the Net are current/accurate) and keep putting it off. At my age, I have been surprised too often by looking for a past friend on the Net to try and call and instead find an obituary.

Strangely enough, I've experienced that recently and I'm in my mid-40's. Several folks I used to run with that I lost touch with, I looked up online and all I found were death notices and remembrances. It made me thankful to still be kicking. Someone up there must like me.

 

[kyton]

My best friends and I all started kindy together aged 5 - we have just turned 53 over the months of Aug / Sept / Oct.

After that it would be my husband and I / we started dating when we were 18, so going on 35yrs next May (but we knew each other for 6yrs prior as we were in the same high school from 1983 so 40yrs if you count that).

 

[nw6675]

My longest is 27 years this year. We were best friends since the day we met and he’s still a pain in my butt lol

Did you marry my DH? Same for us.

 

[nw6675]

Sidebar. I thought I'd lost my mind because I knew I had not responded even though it said I did...until I realized it was an old one

 

[rndmr2]

My BFF I have known for about 36 years since Freshman year. I have a few friends from Grade school but I am not real close, more like Facebook Friends so I don't totally count them but it would be in the 40 year range.

DH and I have been together 23 years, married 20.

 

[bcwife76]

My husband. Coming up on our 25th dating anniversary in Feb 2024 and our 20th wedding anniversary in August 2024.