How to Be Married for 31 Years!!

1. A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.  
2. Have a sense of humor.
3. Pretend to ignore him when he wipes the sauce off his steak at a public restaurant!
4. Think of his strengths. 
5. Our wedding was many years ago.  The celebration continues to this day. 
6. Have common interests
7. Have different interests
8. Have a sense of humor
9. You know he is the one when you would be proud of have a son just like him.
10. Wear the perfume or cologne from when you were dating.
11. Pray together
12. Forgive
13. Love much 
14. If you want something to last forever, you treat it differently.
15. Have a sense of humor
16. Have Family Home Evening
17. Date each other
18. Don't marry the person you think you can live with; marry only the individual you think you can't live without.    
19.  A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers. 
20. Tolerance
21. Keep it creative
22. Have adventures together
23. Develop who you are
24. Keep your sense of humor
25. Serve together
26. Love his family
27. Try to keep past disagreements in the past
28. According to John Lund -- ask for permission to be critical (ha) but it's worth trying or he suggests writing your criticisms down on paper.
29. Keep your sense of humor alive
30. Find joy in the simple things 
31. See the whole picture -- live for today and build on the future

My favorite quote from The Notebook:
“They didn’t agree on much. In fact, they didn’t agree on anything. They fought all the time and challenged each other ever day. But despite their differences, they had one important thing in common. They were crazy about each other.”