Celebrating 30 years of marriage
“I love being married. It’s so great to find that one special person you can annoy for the rest of your life”
Angela and I met on the Gold Coast at Fisherman’s Wharf, 33 years ago, on the 12th of March 1988. We were married 3 years later the 6th of March 1991
I remember that first afternoon very well as I write this blog. My mate and I were drinking beers down in the Yobbo’s bar watching the band Stormy Monday play and, at the same time, we watched the girls dancing in front.
Sunday sessions at Fisho’s usually ended with us staggering home late at night with more than a skin full of beer, sunburnt faces from sitting in the sun way too long, and a pizza under our arm for when we got back to our unit in the suburbs.
Life seemed uncomplicated and simple in those days, and I loved being single. Little did I know that my simple life was about to change that very night.
There were two bar areas. Upstairs was for the snobs and well dressed and downstairs was for the more common folk. Ange and I were on different levels you could say. Classic “them and us” situation. How was I supposed to know that attraction could bridge the gap!
Using my 20/20 vision I scanned the upper deck looking at all those snobs, when I noticed this one woman looking down at me and my mate. “Is she looking at me or him, I thought?” She was all dressed up from head to foot looking like someone way out of my league. As I watched her, she was making hand signals for us to come up to the snob’s bar and meet. My immediate reaction was no way…you come down to us, I’m not going up there.
To my surprise, she made her way through the crowd of Yobbo’s and stood before me and introduced herself as Angela. My mate left me to her, and we yelled at each other because of the volume from the band for the next 3 hours. To be honest I don’t think I heard a word she said that night as we danced the night away.
What I do remember… was that I couldn’t stop looking into her blue eyes.
I have been annoying Angela for the past 30 years and she is still with me through thick and thin.
It’s time to celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary and we’ll take some time off to be thankful and grateful for all the years we have spent together.
I can honestly say that I feel more married today than I was 30 years ago and that is a real blessing.
Cheers,
Murray
P.S.
Our anniversary was a few days ago but I guess you all know what happened so this hasn’t been published until now.
