Those words that you expressed were very lovely indeed.

But let me share with you the real reason this marriage has lasted 41 years.

We learned something the first time around.

You see we both have been married before and both of those marriages ended in divorce.

We admit that the reason they failed was most likely more our fault than our former mates.

So on the day we got married we made a promise to God and our selves that we would learn from those mistakes we made the first time around and we would not repeat them.