Love, what's it all,about? (For long term couples)

I've been with Mr Noodles for 36 years. Looking back, I suppose at the beginning of our relationship, we didn't truly know what love was all about. We were only 15 and who knew that we would still be together years later. Our love for each other now is stronger. We have brought up two children together and I have embraced a surprise stepson that was born through an infidelity of his. We have experienced the loss of a baby, the loss of loved ones, the birth of new loved ones and through all of this, we have remained a strong and 'together' unit. As we go in to this slower phase of life, we still want the same things, still laugh at the same things and generally agree or at least agree to disagree on most things. Of course we irritate each other, we aren't the same person and have our own views on things so this is bound to happen but the key to surviving this is to walk away when they are really annoying you....and forget about it. Both of us enrich each other's lives and want to make the other person's life easier.
Possibly one reason that we plod along nicely is because he works away a lot. I think this makes us appreciate each other that much more when we are reunited. Mr N is a very practical, positive person that I love to love and he would probably tell you that I am funny and can make him laugh just with one of my looks.
When he is away, although I am very independent, I do miss him. Mainly I miss the cups of tea that he makes me...(kidding of course). My nickname for him is 'Comfy Slippers' because when I am with him, that is how it is. Everyone loves that feeling of coming home and putting comfy slippers on.
If I was asked the question, "What makes a successful marriage?" I think my reply would be, "Laugh a lot." It has worked for us. 😁