Is your SO the culmination of your dreams in a mate?

[stormrider]

YES

simple and to the point.

I am blessed

 

[JimLor]

Yes. Only thing I feel bad about is that I married better than she did! I've often said I'm the most happily married man I know or have ever known. I am truly a lucky man.

 

[2WheelTiger]

8+ years together and we're both happy as clams in deep mud. (Yes, I checked to see if I could say that.)

 

[keithaba]

Do I need to repost that Favorite Places picture?

No really, she is the best. My first meeting with her was at an autism therapy clinic (no, neither of us was the client). I heard her voice and said, "I want to see this room over here."

I took the job! And it paid off, because after being straight up rejected a few times, she finally broke down and went out with me.

 

[Bandit12]

The first three times.....no. The first three wanted a "knight in shining armor" and when the shine wore down a bit, they wanted out.

This time I really think I got it figured out. She is a strong woman that can live independently of me and wants me to be me. She supplies advice when asked and doesn't judge. She supports the decisions I make even if she doesn't always agree with them. She and I have mutal respect for each other and don't depend on each other for anything other than love, repsect, and companionship . She doesn't need me in her life to make it, she did that for nearly 10 years by herself after her first husband died. And she did it by herself with 4 kids, currently ages 14, 12, 10 and 9. The youngest one she found out she was pregnant with days after her husband died. We've known each other for over 7 years now. That's longer than any of my first three marriages lasted. We've been living together now for nearly 2 years.

Did I mention she likes to ride? She has her own bike, an 83 Yamaha Seca 750, fully dresses with factory fairings, hard saddles and trunk. She went and got her motorcycle permit re-newed yesterday and she plans on getting her license this summer and taking the MSF course.

BTW, we are getting married on the 17th of May. Moto-honeymoon trip to the coast and Mt. Shasta area in final planning stages now!

So to answer the question posed by the title of this thread, YES!

Ray

 

[Grumpy]

Yes. Only thing I feel bad about is that I married better than she did! I've often said I'm the most happily married man I know or have ever known. I am truly a lucky man.

Well said, James. I feel the same way. We'll have been married for 45 years in June.

Jim

 

[Toecutter]

Do I need to repost that Favorite Places picture?

:clapping:

 

[Fred W]

It was 30 years for us this past December. We married at 20. I was in the USN at the time, stationed at Great Lakes as an electronics instructor. So after the wedding I took her away from home in a little Mazda RX3 pulling a little U-haul to our tiny 2nd story apartment in Zion, IL.

We have had 3 fantastic, talented kids (2girls first then a boy) all grown, and now our oldest has blessed us with a wonderful 1 y/o grandson.

"Soul mates" is the only term that comes to mind, and to be honest I detest that kind of fuzzy headed, mushy talk in public.

I just can't imagine my life without her. Selfishly, I hope I go first. Or together.

One quick observation: It may just be those that wish to respond, but it seems that there is an inordinate number of happily married (many for a long time) guys that ride FJRs?

Coincidence?

 

[Bustanut joker]

Dang! I wanna answer but, she'll no doubt end up reading this at some point.... and think I like her.

Ah well must be something there. 26 years next month.

:jester:

 

[juniorfjr]

The girl I fell in love with 25 years ago is still the one.

Kinda like the fjr, there are newer faster models. Some with more power, smoother and faster. But the fjr is a better bike than I am a rider.

 

[jet mechanic]

My brother was constantly trying to get me to meet his girlfriends younger sister. I put it off as long as I could but finally went over to their house to meet her.

I knew the moment I saw her that if I was ever to marry someone, it was going to be to her. I was absolutely smitten!!

She barely acknowledged me as she walked by into her house.

I was 18 and just getting out of boot camp for the Marines.

Took her out a couple of times when I was home on leave and had a really good time. Then one night I was going out drinking with some friends and asked my brother if her parents were OK with their daughters going out drinking.

He said probably not since she was only 13!!!!!!!

In my defense she was tall and "very well" developed (for her age) when I met her, when I was actually and finally convinced how old she was I dumped her, but stayed really close friends with her.

Couldn't even imagine the flak (not to mention possible jail time if I ever took her over state lines) I would have received if any of the guys in my unit found out I was dating a 13 year old!!!

Proposed to her 2 years after getting out of the Marines, and married her the year after I finished school.

So, been married 21 years so far but known and dated her for over 28 years.

She completes me.

 

[cota95]

36 years next August...and she rides.

 

[Auburn]

2nd time around for both of us, me the big D - her widowed. Our first date was to the Cycle World Motorcycle show in '96. Been together ever since. And yes she rides - dirt only on her own bike - CR150F - on pillion on the FJR.

Absolutely the right person...as someone else said, we don't always agree, but support each other and have a loving mutual respect for each other. :yahoo: :clapping:

 

[Silver Penguin]

Blind date when I was 16 and he was 17. We both had sport mopeds. Dated for a year and both got Honda CB200s. Engaged for a year then exchanged the bikes for a car, a mortgage and a semblance of adulthood. Twenty years later, we changed our minds about the becoming adults idea, and got a couple more bikes, then a couple more and a few more for good measure. (With the kids shaking their heads in despair!)

The first thirty years together have been pretty good. Looking forward to at least thirty more.

Jill