=====Reaching Your Gold Anniversary===== Here are some important ingredients to follow to keep your relationship going so you can reach your golden anniversary, and beyond * Respect each other * Use discretion in public. * Be honest with each other. * Always love and care for each other. * Communicate. Don't keep it inside. Talk with each other daily. Solve problems as a couple; don't involve others in your problems, they are //yours// to solve. * Be willing to compromise. Marriage isn't a competition, you are both working towards a common goal of going through life together. * Smile at each other. * Laugh. Be funny. Make each other laugh. * Be responsible for each other and your family. * Don't go to bed angry. Talk it out first, come to agreement or compromise, before going to bed. * Do things together. Create activities you can do together and with your family. * Think of each other often. * Show love to each other many times every day.