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10 years on


This day 10 years ago, this flower decoration (ignore Snoopy on right side of picture), one of several made by my friend WY for the occasion, hung on the pew of Blessed Sacrament Church for our wedding. 10 years on, it still sits in our bookshelf.

Congratulations to us on our 10th wedding anniversary... hee hee...

7 things we didn't think of then but have happened over these 10 years:
1. I'm using the husband's wedding band, and he obviously can't fit into either of ours. Waistlines have also expanded all round.
2. We have become so sleep deprived.
3. We would 'celebrate' our 10th anniversary (at The Line) with the son tagging along.
4. Our child does not go to school at either of our alma maters.
5. The son is actually thinking rather seriously about marriage. He has changed his mind a few times about whether he wants to get married. Think he looks upon some of his classmates rather differently now after he asked, 'How do you get a wife or husband?' and I said, 'Well, usually it will be one of your friends.' I believe he is thinking of some of them as prospective wives. Actually, there are a few cute girls in his class...
6. The priest who officiated at our wedding (and who also baptised the son) is now the Archbishop.
7. WY is now a principal in a secondary school!

Found out that the 'traditional' wedding anniversary gift for the 10th year is something made of tin or aluminuim! Very odd. A canned drink? One of those recycled Coke can decorations? A new awning for the flat?
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Anonymous said…
Hello Household Name

Happy 10th Anniversary to U and Hubby!!

Someone I know once said that if you can make your marriage last for 10 years, highly likely you can make it last for the rest of your lifetime. The first 10 years, he said, are supposed to be the most trying years for most couples.

May you and hubby live happily ever after.....
12:13 pm
Anonymous said…
Thank you, Working Mum,
I hope what that person said is true. Sometime last year, I was discussing this article on divorce rates in S'pore with a bunch of young people. Seems reasons like infidelity are no longer #1 reasons for divorce but stuff like 'lack of communication', etc. We looked at the 'risk factors' listed in the article and when we got to 'married for around 10 years' and 'children starting primary school', they all went 'ORRR!!!'

Anyway, no time for pessimisim here, of course. Life is good...
4:41 pm
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