Parents

[Frodo]

Married for nearly 40 years now, and likely to remain so until one or the other dies. 

[Mart]

My mother's parents were married for 50 years to the day, when my grandfather passed away.

That must have been a depressing anniversary.

I was only four, but yeah.  Not the day everyone planned for.

[memphis]

Divorced and remarried (my mom)

My dad is not married.  He is dating a white woman.  Who grew up in Watts.  In the 1960s.  No wonder she locks the doors while she's home.

I do that too. I especially don't want any weirdos in the house if I'm in it too.

[War on Want]

Married.

[MaxQue]

Never married but together.

[Smash255]

Married for 34 years.   Both sets of grandparents have passed away,, but were married till one of them was widowed.  Mom's parents were married for 62 years when my grandfather passed away.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

My parents have been married 20 years. Both have been divorced once before though. Its one of those relationships where you have to ask, "Why the hell are they still together?" All I know is the longer they are together, the better for me, once I leave home though, I couldn't care less.

[ilikeverin]

Happily married, though the relationship has definitely settled into "companion love"; their 24th anniversary is September 28.  Paternal grandparents married something like 55 years before my grandma died.  Not sure about how long maternal ones were married before he died.  In close family, there have been a handful of divorces, but with happy remarriages.

[Verily]

Married for 30 years. My grandparents were also married to the end, although my father's mother was widowed for 16 years.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

Of all my friends, I think that my parents are the only ones who are still together (this year marked their 40th anniversary).

[Nym90]

Divorced.

[dead0man]

married over 40 years


edit-and we clearly are not a very typical group...nevermind the fact that we are oddly young, male and educated, the fact that our parents have stay married at such a high rate is even more amazing and telling.  Telling of what I don't know, but I bet it means something.

[minionofmidas]

Divorced. My father is also "together for years but not officially married", but I don't think that's what you were asking for. Both my surviving grandparents are widowed, though one is also married but separated (one of those "sixtyish widower can't stand being alone, reads newspaper ads looking for widow or divorcee in same age bracket" style marriages. They lived together for, what, four or five years? But couldn't seem to be bothered to get a divorce in a more than a decade since.)

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Married for 51 years.

I'm married 29 years.

[opebo]

A very stereotypical upper-middle class marriage - still together after god knows how many years.  I guess around fifty.  But they do have the safety valve of having two different houses, which helps.

[Swedish Rainbow Capitalist Cheese]

My parents have never married eachother, even though they've been together since 1978. (On and off)

As for both my sets of Grandparents, they stayed together faithfully until death did them apart.  

[ilikeverin]

and we clearly are not a very typical group...nevermind the fact that we are oddly young, male and educated, the fact that our parents have stay married at such a high rate is even more amazing and telling.  Telling of what I don't know, but I bet it means something.

Yeah, it's actually pretty fascinating.  Rather like our very high preponderance of gays and bis.

[Brittain33]

Parents were married for 27 years and then divorced. My parents are now both into their 15th year of second marriages.

Both sets of grandparents' marriages ended in the deaths of my grandmothers. One set married for 52 years, the other for 67 years.

[GMantis]

Married for 30 years.

[Jake]

and we clearly are not a very typical group...nevermind the fact that we are oddly young, male and educated, the fact that our parents have stay married at such a high rate is even more amazing and telling.  Telling of what I don't know, but I bet it means something.

Yeah, it's actually pretty fascinating.  Rather like our very high preponderance of gays and bis.

There's a sociological study waiting to be done about the Atlas.

[Ban my account ffs!]

My grandparents just celebrated their 58th anniversary last week (Sept. 2nd) and are very happily married.  In fact, I don't know what one will do without the other.

[ilikeverin]

and we clearly are not a very typical group...nevermind the fact that we are oddly young, male and educated, the fact that our parents have stay married at such a high rate is even more amazing and telling.  Telling of what I don't know, but I bet it means something.

Yeah, it's actually pretty fascinating.  Rather like our very high preponderance of gays and bis.

There's a sociological study waiting to be done about the Atlas.

Undoubtedly.  I suggest Gully.

[phk]

     Widowed.

[Mechaman]

Married for 25 years this next November and still happy.

Shocking isn't it?

[Vepres]

Married for... 16-ish years I believe.

Both were divorced once before, and though I know they still love each other (I'm not just saying this), they rarely seem to express it.

As for my grandparents, my paternal were married for over 60 years before my grandfather passed away about a year ago. My maternal were married for I don't know how long (probably 15-ish years) when my grandmother (whom I've never met as she died before my birth) was put into the, I don't what you call them, places where they put people with mental disabilities. My paternal grandfather then remarried to a women nobody in the family likes , 37 years ago, roughly. But, my grandfather died fifteen, almost sixteen, years ago.

Yeah, one side is stable (though there are plenty of issues), the other is a mess.

and we clearly are not a very typical group...nevermind the fact that we are oddly young, male and educated, the fact that our parents have stay married at such a high rate is even more amazing and telling.  Telling of what I don't know, but I bet it means something.

Yeah, it's actually pretty fascinating.  Rather like our very high preponderance of gays and bis.

I echo this.