Our first photo together. I am the chubby baby in the front row. Bud is behind me to my left.
Bud and I celebrate our forty-eighth anniversary today. We met days after my birth when his mother came to help out after my birth. Two and a half years old and more experienced, he wisely waited for me to grow up a little before showing interest in me. I was pre-occupied with the business of being a baby and had no time for him, possibly leading him to think I was playing hard to get. From time to time, we’d be thrown together over the years, at holidays, school events, community, church, and family visits. He was pleasant to me. I liked him, but had no idea he held a special interest in me. The summer I was seventeen, he’d gotten a car and starting calling regularly. My sister Phyllis thought he liked her, so I made a point of getting out of their way when he came to visit. All socializing was done in the living room in the midst of a large boisterous family with the TV at full blast, so there was no question of privacy. We could take a guest to the snack bar in the dining room if we wanted, but we were still in the middle of things. Coincidentally, my fourteen-year-old brother, Bill, really admired and enjoyed Bud, too, so he thought he was there to see him.
Bud was had broken his foot and bashed his thumb in separate accidents in his summer mechanic job, so he was a comical site hobbling on crutches with casts on his foot and hand. He was good-matured about all the teasing, so I knew he had to be a good guy.
After a week or so of nightly visits to Phyllis and Bill, I was surprised to get a call from Bud, asking me out. I probably stammered a bit, since I thought he was interested in Phyllis. I accepted, and that was it. We were married two years later. Forty-eight years and two children later, August 22, 2018, we celebrate our anniversary together. We’ve had the best life anyone could ever have.
That’s beyond lovely and heartwarming.
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We have been fortunate.
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What a wonderful story! may you have many more happy years together-
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Thank you.
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A couple who met as babies. That’s magic, Linda! Happy Anniversary!
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nothing in your life has ever been ordinary-what a magical story! Congratulations!
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I am surprised you said that. I love my life, but it seems ordinary to me. Thank you.
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Well it never has been! hahahah!
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That is the coolest story ever!!! Happy Anniversary!
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Thanls.
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What a wonderful story! And what a blessing to have known your spouse literally all your life.
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I agree. Thanks.
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Happy anniversary to you both 😍
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Congratulations, Linda and Bud, many more happy years together.
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Thx.
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Happy Anniversary! Glad that things worked out the way they were supposed to.
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Me, too. It’s so good to find the right one!
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Happy Anniversary!!
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Thanks.
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Happy Anniversary Linda. May you enjoy many more.
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Happy Anniversary, my mother was very slow off the mark and did not introduce any potential husbands when I was a baby! But it probably wouldn’t have worked if I had met Cyberspouse when he was a ghastly teenager OR if our two families had ever met!
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Wasn’t she worried all the good ones would be gone?
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Congratulations!!!! That is marvelous! I’m not sure I’ve ever known any couple who had known each other from babyhood.
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Now THAT’s a love story! He knew from that very first day of your life that you were the one for him (such a cradle-snatcher). Congratulations to you both!
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What a charming tale! Happy anniversary! 🙂
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HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, LINDA AND BUD!!!
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Your writing makes me laugh. Your life makes me happy.
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This is just beautiful. Congratulations to you both, this post has warmed my little heart.
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I love hearing how couples got together. Happy Anniversary!
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Happy anniversary! I think you two are the only couple I know who met as babies and ended up married. Wow…. that’s awesome 🙂
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What a lovely post, Linda. Happy anniversary.
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