{"id":2983,"date":"2026-03-24T23:46:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T14:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/?p=2983"},"modified":"2026-03-24T23:46:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T14:46:40","slug":"achievement-unlocked-25-years-of-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2026\/03\/24\/achievement-unlocked-25-years-of-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"Achievement unlocked! 25 years of marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/25th-anniversary-achievement-unlocked-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2984\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/25th-anniversary-achievement-unlocked-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/25th-anniversary-achievement-unlocked-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/25th-anniversary-achievement-unlocked-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/25th-anniversary-achievement-unlocked-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/25th-anniversary-achievement-unlocked-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/25th-anniversary-achievement-unlocked-1320x990.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Achievement unlocked! I&#8217;ve accumulated 25 years of experience points to level up. We&#8217;ve reached the silver anniversary today. We played by God&#8217;s rules and we&#8217;ve been blessed as a result. Although I admit that on our wedding night when Mayu fell asleep and started snoring, I thought, &#8220;Oh no, what have I done?&#8221; Sometimes it&#8217;s enough to scare bears away, but usually it&#8217;s not so bad after I move her neck. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ve had our ups and downs, of course. For a while, I was getting burned out. Then around November 2023 after some soul searching and reflecting on my past self, I made an effort to change my life for the better and as a result, our marriage improved. God, keep us together for another 25 years. Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Achievement unlocked! I&#8217;ve accumulated 25 years of experience points to level up. We&#8217;ve reached the silver anniversary today. We played by God&#8217;s rules and we&#8217;ve been blessed as a result. Although I admit that on our wedding night when Mayu fell asleep and started snoring, I thought, &#8220;Oh no, what have I done?&#8221; Sometimes it&#8217;s &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2026\/03\/24\/achievement-unlocked-25-years-of-marriage\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Achievement unlocked! 25 years of marriage&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[378,100],"class_list":["post-2983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life","tag-anniversary","tag-mayu"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2983"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2985,"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2983\/revisions\/2985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}