Marriage by the Numbers
As of yesterday, my wife and I have been married for ten years. This got me to thinking about all of the things we’ve experienced together during that time. I actually started this list over on raising4boys.com, but thought that I’d flesh it out here. We’ve been married for:
10 years
9 surgeries (4 C-sections, 2 carpal tunnel, 2 sets of wisdom teeth, and a tonsillectomy)
8 trips to Disney World
7 car trips of more than 2000 miles
6 ear tubes (two of our kids, three sets total)
5 moves (fortunately three of these were local)
4 kids
3 states of residence (one of them twice!)
2 homes bought
1 home sold
And a partridge in a pear tree… We’ve had a very busy (and very, very good) ten years!
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About the author: Nickel is the founder and editor-in-chief of this site. He's a thirty-something family man who has been writing about personal finance since 2005, and guess what? He's on Twitter!
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August 25th, 2006 at 2:49 pm
Total congratulations! We’re working with 3 years of marriage, 2 kids, etc…
August 26th, 2006 at 2:08 pm
Hey Nickle,
Good stuff! I hope to have a marriage as long and as eventful as yours!
-James
August 29th, 2006 at 4:06 pm
Hi nickel,
I kept interpretting your other website raising4boys.com, as raising for boys, because I can hardly believe how you can raise 4 boys and maintain TWO blogs!!
And another note, you got yourself a terrific wife! I don’t know any women who would go through 4 C-sections! My wife wouldn’t even do one.
Best regards,
frugal
August 26th, 2007 at 1:37 am
Congrats!
How did you get those numbers to shake out?
I think I speak for everyone when I say we’d like to see the ones that didn’t make the list. lol
September 14th, 2007 at 11:39 am
wow congrats!