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NoDumbBlonde -> RE: How old were your parents when they got married? (12/26/2007 9:53:42 AM)
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Mom - 2 months shy of 19; Dad - 1 month shy of 20. My grandmother basically told my mom she needed to marry my father. She wanted to go away to college with her friends but my grandmother wanted her "married and secure" instead. They divorced after 21 years (when I was 12) when he left for the wife of his best friend (very clearly NOT his first affair). Both remarried. The summer before my 15th birthday, my mom married a wonderful, godly man. They were married, very happily until his death in '93. I still miss him so much! My father, after a very difficult 2nd marriage and divorce married my step-mother and celebrated 25 years this past July. I think he learned his lesson. You want to see the power of love and forgiveness? You should have seen us all at my mom's for Christmas! My father, his wife, brother, my hubby and his family including his brother and mom and all our kids were together at my mom's house. We all get along so well! We have managed to blend very well. Life does go on. [:)]
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