{"id":633,"date":"2026-06-02T08:48:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T08:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lighteningweightloss.com\/relationships\/?p=633"},"modified":"2026-06-02T08:48:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T08:48:04","slug":"im-96-what-im-about-to-say-about-marriage-will-make-you-uncomfortable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lighteningweightloss.com\/relationships\/?p=633","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m 96&#8230; What I&#8217;m About to Say About Marriage Will Make You Uncomfortable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gk-_MQ7jLm4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>#lifeadvice #marriage #over90<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m 96 years old.<\/p>\n<p>I was married for 64 years.<\/p>\n<p>And here\u2019s the truth nobody wants to hear:<\/p>\n<p>You probably married the wrong person.<\/p>\n<p>Before you get angry \u2014 listen.<\/p>\n<p>By year three of my marriage, I thought I\u2019d made a mistake.<br \/>\nWe argued.<br \/>\nWe annoyed each other.<br \/>\nWe misunderstood each other constantly.<\/p>\n<p>I thought marriage was supposed to feel easier than this.<\/p>\n<p>Then an older woman told me something that changed my life:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe all marry the wrong person. The trick is deciding to make them the right person anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That sentence carried me through 64 years.<\/p>\n<p>The man I married at 24<br \/>\nwas not the man I buried at 88.<\/p>\n<p>And I was not the same woman either.<\/p>\n<p>Marriage isn\u2019t about finding someone perfect.<br \/>\nIt\u2019s about choosing someone imperfect.<br \/>\nOver and over.<br \/>\nEspecially when it\u2019s hard.<\/p>\n<p>You will both change.<br \/>\nYou will both disappoint each other.<br \/>\nThere will be years you don\u2019t even like each other.<\/p>\n<p>The question isn\u2019t: \u201cDid I marry the right person?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The question is:<br \/>\n\u201cAm I willing to keep choosing this person?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Love isn\u2019t a feeling.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a decision you make daily.<\/p>\n<p>And I\u2019d choose him again.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eleanor<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc47 HAVE A STORY THE WORLD NEEDS TO HEAR?<\/p>\n<p>We are looking for real stories from real people. 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