Jeff and I just co-taught and opened a marriage series at church yesterday. As part of the message we mentioned an aside about how we have been married for just about 12 years and celebrate 9 years of “marital bliss.” The first time I heard something like this was from my best friend’s mom. On her 30th wedding anniversary she said, “Yup! We are celebrating 25 years of marital bliss.”  At the time I was shocked. I was newly married and a thought that was so mean to joke about. So with a little nervous laughter I said, “What!? wait… That’s so sad!”