My parents celebrate 41 years of marriage today. They are the kind of couple who respond humbly yet not without humor about their marital success. They act like they made it by the skin of their teeth. It goes like this: Chuckle, Eye-roll, Not-Sure-How-We-Did-It Joke, Ha-ha, Next Topic? In short, they cannot take a compliment. M & D -as they are exclusively referred to in my journals and letters over the years- act as if 41 years of marriage just happened to them. Like, maybe Time should get the Congratulations, not them, the very members of the marriage.
