Harry and I got married when I was 42. Ours was a rocky relationship at its worst and absolutely riveting at its best. Even today the passion we share and yes, even the fights we occasionally have are intense, but all the laughter, that is what kept us together. We are sharing our 25th wedding anniversary on our wedding day this December. We are writing vows and I wanted to know what are the little things in relationships that made you love someone the most? I feel like all the things I want to say are cliche I need inspiration. I don't want to disappoint him.
posted by anonymous on Oct 16, 2009 - 13 answers

Grateful for inspirational suggestions for a contribution to a "Book of Memories" for my brother's golden wedding anniversary. [more inside]
posted by aqsakal on Oct 12, 2009 - 5 answers

[FearFilter]: 15 years ago I experienced an imminent death/serious injury moment that turned out ok. However, I still feel physical chills and tingly feelings even thinking about it. Am I the only one or is this common? Thoughts and stories appreciated. The science is a huge bonus. [more inside]
posted by Funmonkey1 on Sep 28, 2009 - 19 answers

How do I label pictures I'm putting into albums? [more inside]
posted by gtr on Jul 31, 2009 - 5 answers

I just had a dream in which I could remember dates, names, and lyrics (correctly) that I could not recall in my waking life. Why can't I draw upon the same pool of stored information in my brain when I'm awake? Can I change this? [more inside]
posted by raztaj on May 9, 2009 - 12 answers

I need to get this off my chest. At the moment my emotional state is all out of whack. To the point that it is beginning to adversely affect my daily life. I cannot think as clearly as I used to since my mind is drifting. I keep experiencing daydream-like flashbacks of certain points in my childhood, all dealing with people I wish I was still around with. It's not like I completely stop whatever I'm doing and think about these things, but they are always in the back of my mind, like a subconscious memory that is stuck. Basically, I think memories of this one girl I knew way back when are bringing this on. Should I get in touch with her, despite the fact I now live thousands of miles away? [more inside]
posted by dadaluma on May 9, 2009 - 26 answers

I want to know how to remember my future travels better. I look back at some old travel pictures and think it was all a dream. What do YOU do? [more inside]
posted by bodywithoutorgans on Apr 8, 2009 - 19 answers

My nephew/niece is due any minute now. I'm planning a "do not open until 2019" sealed box. Besides newspapers of the day and screenshots of a few websites and bearing in mind that I live in Belgium, what would you put in his/her time capsule ?
posted by Baud on Mar 22, 2009 - 24 answers

Looking at those youtube videos of people taking pictures of themselves every day for years, I find i want to do it too.... but HOW? [more inside]
posted by Javed_Ahamed on Jan 27, 2009 - 12 answers

My past experiences are coloring my perception of the present, my personal life is crashing into my professional life, help me make it stop. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Dec 5, 2008 - 17 answers

Here we go with another one of those 'help me remember something from a bizarre series of random images' questions! When I was a kid (we're talking approx 1973 to 1978, with maybe a year or two on either side) i had a record that came with a storybook. From very vague memory, you listened to the record and you turned the pages of the book in time with a specific sound (though I could be wrong). Here's where the memories get very random (all of the following may or may not be true): the story involved tiny people, they lived in a forest, next to or near a house, children lived in the house (or were visiting the house), with an older man (a grandfather?), who had a big old-fashioned looking car. [more inside]
posted by planetthoughtful on Sep 24, 2008 - 10 answers

What happy memories do you have of being a young child that make you think either "those were good times" or "that was good parenting"? [more inside]
posted by onlyconnect on Aug 12, 2008 - 64 answers

When will I stop thinking about my ex? She's starting to pop up in my cavernous head again. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Mar 27, 2008 - 13 answers

How do you jog your memory? [more inside]
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur on Dec 4, 2007 - 12 answers

Please help identify a children's horror program either on television or VHS (most likely) that I watched as a child in the early 90s. [more inside]
posted by albernathy0 on Oct 5, 2007 - 4 answers

In a poor Dade county Florida elementary school in the late 70s, on some days they would serve us "Choke Daddy" sandwiches instead of hot food. What was that stuff? [more inside]
posted by seanmpuckett on Jul 21, 2007 - 12 answers

What should I put in a time capsule for my daughter? [more inside]
posted by jonson on Jul 13, 2007 - 27 answers

ChildhoodMemoryFilter... I keep remembering a Laserdisc movie from way back that included a library, the dewey decimal system, and a force field... [more inside]
posted by tmcw on Feb 5, 2007 - 12 answers

I am rewriting my will. I would love some advice on whether and/or how to "leave things" to (close) friends. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jan 13, 2007 - 16 answers

Help putting together an online record of my year as an exchange student. Specifically, my questions inside deal with: what media (blog, wiki, lj, flickr, website?) how to deal with different materials (diary, emails, photos, memories) and a legal question regarding the association that sent me. [more inside]
posted by arcticwoman on Nov 11, 2006 - 8 answers

What would a child adopted from a foreign country at the age of five, and brought up as a Westerner, remember of their infancy, and mother tongue? [more inside]
posted by unSane on Sep 22, 2006 - 19 answers

What would you leave behind in your home for succeeding residents? What do you wish someone else had left for you? [more inside]
posted by metabrilliant on Sep 17, 2006 - 52 answers

I've decided to collect and scan all my family's photographs. [more inside]
posted by gtr on Aug 17, 2006 - 13 answers

Please describe to me your most interesting idea for a method of documenting a road trip. [more inside]
posted by iurodivii on Jul 13, 2006 - 24 answers

What quirky/marginally unsafe/weird/fun/"too good to be true" places do you remember from your childhood (and that might still exist now)? [more inside]
posted by crosten on Apr 24, 2006 - 48 answers

My parents have lived in the same house close to 30 years (my entire life). They just sold it, and are moving into a large condo in a month and a half. I want to put something together for my family to remember the old place and make this transition easier. [more inside]
posted by bibbit on Mar 13, 2006 - 12 answers

How do folks handle archiving paper documents like personal correspondence (the snail mail kind), journals and the like? I have about 17 years worth of stuff and am trying to conceptualize of some sort of project to be able to look back on different years at a glance. BTW, it's not like I'm one of the Collyer brothers--all told, we're probably talking about 4 boxes of letters and such that I've saved over the years. I was thinking of organizing something chronological, using something like magazine files but I'm curious to hear how other folks organize and archive their stuff. Special bonus question--what about electronic documents, like emails and things you write? I know, I could store them online forever, but what's neat about old fashioned paper is that the reader and the information are self contained. Do you print things out, and again, if so, do you have any tricks for storing them?
posted by teddyb109 on Dec 24, 2005 - 9 answers

My sister and I have very different "memories" of our childhood. It makes it extremely difficult to communicate. I'm wondering if anyone has the same experience and what can be done about it. [more inside]
posted by Manhasset on Dec 1, 2005 - 33 answers

Why can't I remember things from when I was one, two or even three years old? [more inside]
posted by Effigy2000 on Aug 21, 2005 - 25 answers

I'm a new dad and I want to create some cool, happy family traditions. What traditions do you most remember and treasure? [more inside]
posted by AgentRocket on Mar 8, 2005 - 49 answers

What do you do with old notebooks, letters, pictures, home movies?
posted by airguitar on Mar 6, 2005 - 24 answers

Life-altering experiences. Can you point to a single experience in your life, as a child, which you can define as having contributed to the person you are today? (+) [more inside]
posted by jeremias on Feb 2, 2005 - 215 answers

What have you done with your old childhood and teenage-era athletic awards and trophies? Did you keep them, or did you throw them out? What do/did you feel towards them, either way? And if you threw them out, did you find a means of disposal that allowed both for environmental concerns and the fact that you had your full name engraved on some of them?
posted by orange swan on Oct 21, 2004 - 12 answers

Where were you on 9/11? How did you find out what was happening and what do you remember about that day? [more inside]
posted by caddis on Sep 11, 2004 - 65 answers