Will be on "Married List" 12 years this August.

I can't afford to get divorced! Dr. Mrs. Parker would OWN my sorry ass if that ever happened!

As the late and great Sam Kennison use to say... I was in hell for 15-f&%$in years! Yes fishing certainly contributed, but it got me outta hearing a bunch of crap..

Didn't re-marry and no plans anytime soon. Now I have to beg her to stay home!



It is a godsend not to hear, "I am cold! Run me to the marina so I can pee. I am not enjoying myself... etc." My only complaint is unloading the boat- SHE BRINGS EVERYTHING. Well, at least she enjoys going and I enjoy the company.

My Hero!

The Good Wife Pam and I have been married for almost 33 years (July) and I do not yet see an end in sight. I think it has more to do with patience and tolerance and being willing to adapt to get along than anything else, but could easily be wrong. My Grandma Sarah said, "Rick, you just flat lucked out." and she could be right.
My fishing buds who are divorced are pretty good guys, so all I can say is, "the wifes's loss." They shoulda' learned to fish.

More to the point, how many of you are on the "I'm probably still married because I get the hell out of town every once in a while to go fishing and give her some fuckin peace!" list?

Fish on...

Todd

Any time off for good behavior?

Going on 9 years married,, been with her for 10 this weekend if u count dating etc.. About the 2nd month we were dating I drug her up to Bonneville for a day of Springers and Sturg, left home at 3 am and it w as blowin nasty cold and rainy. She had never fished in her life, my buddy Dan. P was showing her how to le t out Kwiks when she caught her 1st Springer! Wasnt even halfway out and she says, hey, it wont go out anyfurther? Fish On!!!!, she landed 2 more as well as a keeper Sturg that day and then snuggled up to the heater and let me and Dan catch fish! Been fishing with her off and on since and cant complain one bit because she mostly is great about letting me fish, including two trips the week our daughter was born:)

40 years with my first mate. She likes to fish and camp. Handles her fish well and is handy with the net. Knows how to run the boat, too.

Our daughters liked to fish. Might be an excuse for a bigger boat.... The son-in-laws and grandsons make trips out with us. Looking forward to the granddaughter making her first trip in a year or two...

Married 20 years and haven’t even kissed another woman in 23, Well it finely came down to the Kenai, Kasilof & the Gulkana or Her ? Any guesses what happened...

Four divorces.......over 24 years, I filed each time. Sold a bill of goods each time........then they left with $. Single now since 2004, will stay that way........guaranteed.

Good luck buddies, may you never go through what I have.

Snake

NO COMMENT !

Steve

Well I counted less than 40% up to this point in the thread.

WAZZUP!

Better throw my sorry ass into the aggregate stats so Achewter can make his GD point. Yeah I got dumped in no small part thanks to the fishing bug. Got served my big "D" papers the same year I put the F/V eyeFISH into service.

20 years and four kids after saying I do, a judge finally signed my legal release papers.

28 months to go before my accountant signs the real-life release papers.

Tagged 39 that year

Starter marriage lasted 10 years .. .turned out she wasn't the same kind of crazy as me. . . .my getting back to hunting and fishing and doing my thing like I used to had a definite hand in the decision (it was mine). .. . . The current woman (going on our 4th year) is great, doesn't fish much, knows I like to and best of all our crazies match up pretty well .. . .

Married 23 years now. We got each other trained pretty good. She knows that at any time during the winter months I may wake her up at 2 AM to give her a kiss while announcing that the river is in shape and I'm going fishing. I got a keeper.

My Father in law introduced me to steelhead fishing, so she knew what the addiction was all about from day 1. Celebrating 25 years in a few months! It keeps getting better every year!

My first wife and I divorced, and there is no doubt in my mind that the fact that my fishing was a part of her problem..

Married to the same woman for 35 years,,,,best 4 years of my life.
She says that joke is not funny anymore!

At our 30th she told friends that I only get credit for 20 as I travel for work all the time!


Work/life/fishing balance and she has never complained about my fishing.