Non-funny reply.
My wife.

About three years ago I met her as I was in the throes of ending a relationship that had gone very badly. At the time I was also working in a job that I did not like at all, one which bored me to tears and had no good points to it other than a paycheck.

Over the next six months we got to know each other quite well and fell into a good and supportive relationship. During that time I was laid off from the job I hated and went on unemployment benefits- enough to make ends meet, barely. And during that time she finalized her own divorce. It was a wildly tumultuous time for both of us, frankly.

After knowing her for a year we decided to set a date.

Consider what she was signing up for. I had had a rather lousy track record for romance, to put it mildly. I was now without a job, I had three kids in their mid to late teens, I had a house to pay for as well as hers... I was less than an ideal catch. The prospects for me picking up another job as an engineer were slim to none in the area I live in. Add to this that I was really starting to have a problem with serious depression, and it's a miracle that she didn't run screaming from me.

And yet we did indeed marry. Her house is now rented out, I now have only one kid living with me (and he's 20, so he's really not a kid anymore), and while I still don't have a true job, I pick up odds and ends of work through friends. She is happy to have my schedule free so I can accompany her on her work travels and be her assistant, and actually would prefer that I not get another full-time job. She has been infinitely supportive of me, and now that I have health insurance I have been to the doctors for my various medical issues.

Had it not been for her I would have been in an extremely ugly situation by now, and quite literally might not be alive.

Yes, I know this is a humor site and all, and that this is not a funny story- but I do feel that it's one that I should share. She truly has been a heroine for me.

*sits back and waits for the snarky commentary to begin*
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Thu 29 Dec 2011, 17:34, 16 replies)

Well done you
and I nearly put my wife (we married this year as well) down as heroine of the year for some similar reasons as yours. Wishing you every happiness in the future - from reading your posts on here, it's deserved.
(TheImmortalJenkins, Thu 29 Dec 2011, 17:42, closed)

Lol

( girlinthehole, Thu 29 Dec 2011, 18:21, closed)

It only takes one person to make your life better.
Your wife is a heroine in the real sense of the word. I hope she reads what you have written about her. You obviously love her very much and she must feel the same way about you. It's nice when you hear about people whose relationship is based on something more meaningful than wealth or status. Good luck to you both.
(Woofie, Thu 29 Dec 2011, 18:30, closed)

Good on you
Not enough people tell the truth about loved ones. Mrs Meister has been a saint this year - work for me has been a dark place, and she's been a brick.

That is all.
( The Lone Groover has mal des nuts., Thu 29 Dec 2011, 19:07, closed)

Wouldn't it have been more help...
...if she'd been a window?
( Snappyuk gets BIGGER with free sample., Thu 29 Dec 2011, 19:09, closed)

hahaha
Lolz
( Infidel , shit and wrong, Thu 29 Dec 2011, 19:46, closed)

I thought
for a moment that said "widow", and I laughed. Then i re-read it and laughed a bit more. Thanks!
( The Lone Groover has mal des nuts., Fri 30 Dec 2011, 19:55, closed)

Yes, but can you milk her?

( The Awful Puppy Bakery is still bored, Thu 29 Dec 2011, 19:14, closed)

Again

(onefishtwofish Redfishbluefish, Thu 29 Dec 2011, 19:51, closed)

Again, Loon
I hit the post button before engaging my brain. You gently chided me off the board four years ago when I was making a fool of myself. I take my hat off to you (and I am a dandy from down south) for pure honesty, beauty and the best of truth. Long may you stay The Lovely Loon. Love also to your family.
(onefishtwofish Redfishbluefish, Thu 29 Dec 2011, 19:58, closed)

Thank you.
It is the most minimal telling of the story I could manage.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Fri 30 Dec 2011, 0:51, closed)

has she got any sisters?
*awaits with hope*

:-)
( oldpoint is up in space doing important work for NASA., Thu 29 Dec 2011, 20:17, closed)

Afraid not, only one brother- and he just turned 51.

And her cousins are all insane.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Fri 30 Dec 2011, 0:50, closed)

she'll be fucking the gardner by micklemas

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Thu 29 Dec 2011, 22:06, closed)

*rofls*

( Infidel , shit and wrong, Thu 29 Dec 2011, 23:38, closed)

Nice post RL
Now the kids are all out of the teens, it just keeps getting easier...in some ways.

All power to the pair of you, and a Happy New Year.

Che
(Che Grimsdale Best before:, Fri 30 Dec 2011, 9:13, closed)