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Denyse Whelan B.Ed M.Ed ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ's avatar

What a golden wedding anniversary story! Yay for you both โ€œIn sickness and healthโ€ does test us oldies for sure. Beautiful pics! And your story always a wonderful read.

We did the slightly more outgoing celebration because it was right in the midst of COVID restrictions 2021 so we had one daughter and her lot come to us for lunch on the actual day, & our son and his 4 the day before. We could only have 5 visitors! I think it was me deciding I needed a project in those times and we had fun making the memories for the 8 grandkids to see and it was a good time after my years of cancer.

Congrats again! And hereโ€™s to many many more years of love and being together!

prue batten's avatar

Thanks, Denyse. At least 50 more, we've decided!

Debbie Rainer's avatar

Congratulations ๐Ÿฅ‚

prue batten's avatar

Thank you, Debbie. Very special.

Libby's avatar

Happy Happy Anniversary to you both, its quite the achievement. I think you're beloved has 9 lives

many congratulations and wishing you both many more xx

prue batten's avatar

Thanks dear Libby. Yes, he's remarkable but we often say he should never be at the farm on his own!

Libby's avatar

Thats very true

Caro Ayre's avatar

Congratulations to you both, wishing you well for the future years.

prue batten's avatar

Thanks, Caro. Onward for many years to come.

Lynne Forsberg's avatar

What a wonderful man he is and also lucky to have your beautiful self. The years pass so quickly and to look back and see how much you have shared is such a gift. May you both share many more happy,and hopefully accident free years to gether.โค๏ธ

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Thank you, Lynne. It all seems to have happened in the blink of an eye. I think the best part is that with him by my side, I feel so very safe. Lucky, I am...

Kate's avatar

What a wonderful achievement 50 yrs together and him still alive.

Congratulations

Now Iโ€™m wondering what he would write about you??

prue batten's avatar

Thanks, Kate. When I think on it, I'm probably one of his liabilities!

Kate's avatar

Iโ€™m thinking more of a guardian angel, swooping in to patch up the injuries.

prue batten's avatar

Now that would be good.

Beth T (BethOfAus)'s avatar

Happy anniversary dear people. Sounds like a very memorable 50 years! Iโ€™m glad youโ€™re able to celebrate with some slightly quieter years now. Best of luck with health, wealth and happiness. ๐Ÿค—๐Ÿค—

prue batten's avatar

Beth, it has really been the best. He's a worrisome old thing sometimes, but I'm happy to be there when he needs me and Heaven's knows he's always been there for me.

Thank you so much for your wishes.

Sabrina Simpson's avatar

What a wonderful tribute! You two are an impressive duo and like Beth says, hopefully youโ€™ll have many more of the calm days in the garden, ranch, beach and on the water. I love your descriptions of his lively activities. Between the two of you, I can see how your life has been filled with such energetic joy โค๏ธ big congratulations on your milestone!

prue batten's avatar

I think it's the most wonderful thing if you can find the perfect soulmate, Sabrina. He and I aren't golfers, tennis players etc etc and apart from my ballet, we don't belong to clubs or anything. We really are a team and prefer to be in each other's company to beetling off to be with others - it's got a lot to do with what we have in common. Perhaps we each won the lottery. Thank you so much for your kind words.

Sabrina Simpson's avatar

I think true partnerships like your yours arenโ€™t found every day, and it is a treat to hear about those that work so well. Thank YOU for sharing your joy with us!

Rebecca Holden's avatar

Oh Prue, what an absolutely gorgeous tribute to your husband and your marriage - so very many congratulations to you both! Such a lovely post - and such brilliant stories and memories of a long and happy marriage. Happy sigh - and a tear in my eye. Just WONDERFUL. xxx

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Thank you, Rebecca. Honestly, when he begins to regale our family with his daringly crazy adventures, I'm seriously surprised he made it to this point. The family are usually in stitches. Must tell the story about the dynamite and the yabbies one day... XXXX

Rebecca Holden's avatar

Now that story sounds terrifying, Prue!

prue batten's avatar

Isn't it amazing to think that in the 50's and 60's, children had ready access to sticks of dynamite when they lived on farms... sigh.

Rebecca Holden's avatar

Itโ€™s extraordinary! And barmyโ€ฆโ€ฆ.!

Alice Goldbloom's avatar

Congratulations. A quiet steady loveโ€”the best in my estimation!

prue batten's avatar

Thanks, Alice. It is mostly quiet and certainly very steady. We're are very lucky.

Janice Anne Wheeler's avatar

SUCH an accomplishment even without the accident-prone choice! Wishing you continued joy and adventures. J

prue batten's avatar

Thanks, Janice. Here's to many more years. One can't help wondering in our seventies, how many more? I need to wrap him in cottonwool.

Jo Linney's avatar

Happy Anniversary โค๏ธโค๏ธ๐Ÿฅ‚๐Ÿฅณ๐Ÿฅณ๐Ÿฅณ๐Ÿฅณ

prue batten's avatar

Thanks, Jo. We OD'ED on sparkling elderflower bubbles and the coffee sponge last night. Neither of us drink and the elderflower hit the celebration with just the right amount of verve.

Jennifer Granville's avatar

Aw. that literally brought tears to my eyes. Happy anniversary Prue. I loved the photos, the canter through your life (and your husband's nine lives) - your smiles lit up my afternoon. Wish I could share your coffee cake with you but, as it is, enjoy and here's to many more wonderful years together. x

prue batten's avatar

Thanks, Jennifer. It's been a generally happy and gentle marriage and I wish you could have shared a slice of the cake too (it was soooooo yummy!). Here's to cake one day when you're on the global book tour!

Philippa Pilkington's avatar

Happy anniversary! How wonderful that you found each other so early in life and have been able to enjoy so many years togetherโ€ฆ despite your husbands efforts to maim himself!

prue batten's avatar

It's funny the way it all happened - its definitely a story for another post. But we were indeed almost fated to be together. Thank you for your kind wishes.

Sue Sutherland-Wood's avatar

Happiest Anniversary to you both Prue! You are so fortunate to have had these all these years with such a lovely (if accident prone!) man. Anyone can see the mutual delight and love in every pic I've seen of you two and it's just so endearing. Enjoy that cake as well! Xo

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Thanks, dear Sue. He's my soulmate in so many ways. I doubt I could ask for too much else from the gods when I have someone like him by my side. It's a lottery win.

PS: the cake, thanks to my mum's recipe, is to die for. I was worried it wouldn't turn out but it cooked, creamed and iced swimmingly. Much love.