{"id":160999,"date":"2026-04-08T15:41:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T21:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=160999"},"modified":"2026-04-08T15:41:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T21:41:51","slug":"the-wheels-on-the-spouse-go-round-and-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2026\/04\/08\/the-wheels-on-the-spouse-go-round-and-round.html","title":{"rendered":"The Wheels on the Spouse Go Round and Round"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today I celebrate my 31st wedding anniversary.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wedding-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-149273\" src=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wedding-3-488x650.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"488\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wedding-3-488x650.jpg 488w, https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wedding-3-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wedding-3-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wedding-3-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wedding-3-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wedding-3.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 488px) 85vw, 488px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a lot more gray (if not white) in the hair these days, what is left of it &#8212; that&#8217;s of course referring to me; my wife is ageless.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Dave-and-Margie-2024-09.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-161002\" src=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Dave-and-Margie-2024-09-650x650.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Dave-and-Margie-2024-09-650x650.jpg 650w, https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Dave-and-Margie-2024-09-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Dave-and-Margie-2024-09-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Dave-and-Margie-2024-09-768x767.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Dave-and-Margie-2024-09-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Dave-and-Margie-2024-09-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Dave-and-Margie-2024-09.jpg 1013w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This anniversary is a bit of a milestone for us: we are both officially retired. Which means we are both spending a lot more time together than we used to.<\/p>\n<p>So far, though, so good &#8212; no signs that we won&#8217;t make it to 32.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Mawwiage!&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149273,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14,2325],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-160999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-love-and-marriage","category-retirement"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wedding-3.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6594,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/08\/16\/your_golf_joke.html","url_meta":{"origin":160999,"position":0},"title":"Your golf joke for today &#8230;","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 16-Aug-04 7:23am","format":false,"excerpt":"To celebrate their 50th anniversary, a husband booked a round of golf for his wife and himself at the famous Hidden Cypress course at Hilton Head. 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Happy Anniversary, my love.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Love &amp; Marriage&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Love &amp; Marriage","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/personal\/love-and-marriage"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Dave-and-Margie-20180720_152042.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Dave-and-Margie-20180720_152042.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Dave-and-Margie-20180720_152042.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Dave-and-Margie-20180720_152042.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Dave-and-Margie-20180720_152042.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Dave-and-Margie-20180720_152042.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":50027,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/04\/09\/an-anniversary-dinner.html","url_meta":{"origin":160999,"position":4},"title":"An Anniversary Dinner","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 9-Apr-15 7:59am","format":false,"excerpt":"Which was kind of an awkward pose, but a very pleasant overall experience (downtown at +Panzano with +Margie Kleerup). \u00a0 View on Google+","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_20150408_190711220.jpgimgmax%3D660.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":37874,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/06\/21\/happy-anniversary-mom-dad.html","url_meta":{"origin":160999,"position":5},"title":"Happy Anniversary, Mom &amp; Dad","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 21-Jun-13 10:17am","format":false,"excerpt":"Have a great day! 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