Congratulations! I know first hand just how much of an accomplishment that really is. this Nov 1 will be 22 years for my wife and I. How either one of us put up with the other for so long is far beyond my understanding - only the Lord knows!
Wow Funkfool - its the first couple of years of marriage that are usually the toughest. Making it through the first year really is quite an accomplishment.
Congratulations to both you and BigBear! - er, for both accomplishing the same goal (I wasn't implying anything else; honest).
My wifes very first boyfriend has found her on FB. They were together for 5 years. She told me about him looking her up and gave him a pleasant "Hi. Hope you are well. I'm very happy. Goodbye". I didn't even have a flicker of jeaousy over the deal.
I knew my wifes last boyfriend. He was a dirtbag top to bottom. What she ever saw in that guy is beyond me; he must have been hung like a clydesdale. After we got married this piece of dog dung tried to hit on her over and over. He even went so far as to comment to my father-in-law that he should have been the son-in-law instead of me. This is when I found out what my father-in-law actually thought of me - he put the piece of sh!t in his place with a fantastic response (I wish I remembered what it was).
Even through all of that, I still wasn't jealous.
And, in the end, that is all that is important. <- This is why I was never jealous.