Beat The Odds

Last night Master and I were sitting up rather late just talking. I love it when we do that. It's not very often. We both have to be in a rather chatty mood to talk for a few hours without any electronics on what so ever.

But last night we were talking about how in some ways the beginning of our relationship seems so long ago. And in other ways it feels like it's only been a couple of years.

It feels like it was ages ago simply because we know one another so well. It goes beyond the whole finishing each other sentences thing. We are more than used to each other's habits, good or bad, and responses to things.

On the flip side of that coin it doesn't feel long at all because of how much we don't want to be apart. Most couples that we know that have been together for more than two or three years can't wait for alone time. We both look forward to when we are home by ourselves. That is important to both of us.

But we're quickly approaching the ten year mark of our relationship. How crazy is that? Our "regular" anniversary is the same date as our wedding anniversary. So, when we reach the ten year mark we will also reach the six year mark for our marriage.

To be honest when we first started dating some people didn't think it would last. Partially because of our age difference and partially because of the small amount of distance between us before we started living together. It was a 45 minute drive from His place to mine. That is not a long distance relationship by any means but for some reason people took that in as a factor of what they thought the longevity of our relationship would be.

Two and a half years later we moved in together and people said it wouldn't last long after that. I don't know if they thought we would fight constantly or what.

Two years after that we got married. Again, some people didn't think it would last and we would soon be in divorce court.

Now look at us. We're coming up on a decade of being together and six years of having rings on our fingers.

I just never understood why certain people didn't think we would last. It's odd. Especially when other people were saying how we're the ones who would make it. They call us a "power couple".

*shrugs* It doesn't matter either way. We're together and we're both happy as can be. I think I look back at those kind of thoughts and words because it makes me smirk.