Hi to those who responded to my Too Considerate posts.

I appreciate your encouragement to hang around and add my voice to
topics posted here. I've been reluctant to do that in the past because I
didn't think I had much to offer regarding diabetes. So many of the
people posting here seem to be so knowledgeable they sound almost like
my endocrinologist. In comparison I don't think I had that much to add.

As some of you commented, our 42 year (so far) marriage is very, very
successful. We do actively love each other, and show respect and
tolerance and flexibility.

I believe in every marriage one partner is more romantic than the other
one. In our marriage I am the romantic one. For example, for one
anniversary I created a CD that had 21 songs that reflected all the
stages of our courtship. I wrote a script, read it to her then played
the next song, doing that for all 21 songs. I printed a jewel case cover
with a picture of us kissing.

I have written little Post-it notes and put them in her stocking drawer,
on the dashboard of her car, in her wallet, and in her panties drawer.
Each note told her how much I loved her and why. Those in the panties
drawer were the best ones. :-)  I wrote love notes on her bathroom
mirror with a dry-erase felt tip pen. But she won't erase what I wrote
and insisted in leaving it there so she could read it every day.

You get the idea. I know about romance. But this isn't a romance or
marriage newsgroup. I don't know that I have hard knowledge about
diabetes and how it works. So I guess I'll read the postings  and if I
think I have something that's worthwhile I'll add my two cents worth,
but I don't expect it will be anything profound.