On Thu, 22 Oct 2020 06:22:08 -0400, Gary > wrote:

" wrote:
>> She deserves a solid gold medal for putting up with you for 50 years.
>>
>> ;o)
>
>You'll like this story, Joan:
>We lived together for one year, then got married right after
>she got the divorce from husband #1.
>For our first wedding anniversary, my wife took my wedding
>band to a jeweler to have it resized a bit and polished.
>She also had him engrave "FOREVER" on the inside.
>That was nice.
>
>7 years later, she left and ran off with her also married boss.
>I guess 9 years living with me *seemed* like forever. lol

Maybe she knew that what you really wanted was a ferret?