video 8)Married for 55 Years… These 3 Mistakes Almost Ruined Us

 Character Name: Margaret Lewis

Age Vibe: 70s

Channel: I Thought I Had More Time

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Hello my dear viewers my name is Margaret Lewis and I have been married for fifty five years

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People hear that number and assume our marriage was always strong and easy

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The truth is we almost lost each other more times than I admit

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I share this story not to complain but to be emotionally honest

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Long marriages survive through reflection not perfection

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Today I want to tell you about three mistakes that nearly ruined us

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The first mistake was silence and I mastered it early

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As a young wife I believed keeping peace meant keeping quiet

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When something hurt me I swallowed my feelings politely

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I told myself love meant understanding without speaking

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Viewers silence does not heal it hides resentment

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Unspoken pain does not disappear it settles quietly

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Over time my silence turned into distance and coldness

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My husband was confused not cruel

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He could not fix pain he never knew existed

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The second mistake was keeping score inside my head

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I remembered every sacrifice every compromise every tired moment

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Marriage slowly became a quiet competition

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Who gave more who tried harder who suffered longer

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Arguments were never about today they were about years

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Scorekeeping turned love into a courtroom

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Someone always loses in that room

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And eventually we both did

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The third mistake was forgetting we were growing

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We married young and expected to remain unchanged forever

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But people evolve dreams shift and needs deepen

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I changed quietly and expected him to notice

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He stayed familiar and expected me to stay the same

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We stopped being curious about each other

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Curiosity is oxygen in long marriages

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Without it love slowly suffocates

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One night we finally talked honestly

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No yelling no blaming just truth

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I said I feel lonely and unseen

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He said he felt unappreciated and confused

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That conversation did not fix everything instantly

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But it saved our marriage

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I learned honesty is not dangerous

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Silence is far more destructive

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I learned love is not proven through endurance alone

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It is proven through communication and repair

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Marriage is not about staying the same

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It is about choosing each other again as new people

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After fifty five years I believe in repaired marriages

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Not perfect ones

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Viewers if you are married please hear me

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Speak before resentment teaches bitterness

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Drop the scoreboard before love becomes transactional

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Stay curious about the person beside you

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They are changing just like you

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Love rarely ends suddenly

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It erodes through small unspoken moments

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We almost lost each other that way

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I am grateful we stopped in time

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Age brings clarity regret and honesty

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This story exists because reflection came late

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But maybe not too late for you

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That is why I speak here openly

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This channel holds lessons time finally taught me

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It is called I Thought I Had More Time

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Because that thought almost cost me everything

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Viewers love deserves attention not assumptions

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Your partner cannot read silence

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Say what matters while time allows

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I share my mistakes so they become your wisdom

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If this helps one marriage breathe again

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Then our struggles were not wasted

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Stay with this channel for honest reflections

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For lessons learned late but shared sincerely

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Because none of us truly know how much time remains

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