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<blockquote data-quote="BikerHT" data-source="post: 1944499" data-attributes="member: 24483">Reading all this just makes my heart ache!&nbsp; My wife &amp; I have been married for over 23 years.&nbsp; During this time, we have certainly had our ups and downs.&nbsp; We are both committed to our marriage and it definitely takes a lot of work.&nbsp; It also can&#039;t just be a one-way decision.&nbsp; In fact, at this very moment, we are on our way to our 16th &quot;Marriage Retreat&quot; weekend get-away.&nbsp; We drove for the past two days from OK to North Carolina, where we&#039;ll spend the weekend and head home Sunday afternoon. We started attending these years ago when the kids were young, as a good way to spend time away from the kids - (we have 5 girls - yours, mine and ours, from 21 to 37)!&nbsp; We missed a few years here and there due to my work requirements, but we always look forward to going away and spending the time together, focusing on ways to make our marriage relationship better. Our middle girl and her husband flew out today to NC and I picked them up tonight at the airport.&nbsp; They will be attending this weekend also.&nbsp; This is their third year to attend one of these and about #16 or 17 for us. As I said earlier, my heart aches after reading thru all these posts.&nbsp; To all you folks going thru separations and divorces, you&#039;re in my thoughts and prayers.&nbsp; I wish there was something I could do to help rebuild and reconcile these relationships!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BikerHT, post: 1944499, member: 24483"] Reading all this just makes my heart ache! My wife & I have been married for over 23 years. During this time, we have certainly had our ups and downs. We are both committed to our marriage and it definitely takes a lot of work. It also can't just be a one-way decision. In fact, at this very moment, we are on our way to our 16th "Marriage Retreat" weekend get-away. We drove for the past two days from OK to North Carolina, where we'll spend the weekend and head home Sunday afternoon. We started attending these years ago when the kids were young, as a good way to spend time away from the kids - (we have 5 girls - yours, mine and ours, from 21 to 37)! We missed a few years here and there due to my work requirements, but we always look forward to going away and spending the time together, focusing on ways to make our marriage relationship better. Our middle girl and her husband flew out today to NC and I picked them up tonight at the airport. They will be attending this weekend also. This is their third year to attend one of these and about #16 or 17 for us. As I said earlier, my heart aches after reading thru all these posts. To all you folks going thru separations and divorces, you're in my thoughts and prayers. I wish there was something I could do to help rebuild and reconcile these relationships! [/QUOTE]

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