The path to get here has been rocky, to put it mildly. The dividends of long-term relationships, especially marriage, are like compound interest. At first, sometimes it hardly seems worth it. Decades later, it's amazing how much little things done years earlier pay back to the enterprise.

>I think having a wife who loves you and supports you is a noteworthy accomplishment.

Hear! Hear! Total agreement. been married almost 32 years. There were many difficult years in the first ten or so. Now it is love, support and understanding.