My wife and I celebrated our 12th anniversary last weekend. Anniversaries are a great time to reflect on how far you’ve come, and for us, we’ve really come a long way, financially. Our biggest accomplishment is this was the first anniversary celebrated debt free.
We married with debt, accumulated more when I went back to school, and struggled for a number of years to get enough traction to finally get out. As great as that accomplishment was for us, it’s nowhere near as important as the birth of our kids – which ranks as the happiest moments of our first twelve years together.
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Happy Anniversary and yay for debt freedom!
What a great accomplishment….. both the 12 years
AND the debt free already 
CELEBRATE!!!!!
Happy (belated) anniversary!
Congrats!
Happy anniversary, wow 12 years, that’s great!
Happy belated anniversary!
Congratulations on your 12th anniversary! Celebrating the fact that you are debt free is a wonderful combination.
Congratulations!
I am only on my 2nd year. I hvae a long way to go compared to you lol. You should be proud…..65% of people that married in the 90′s are now divorced. Good work!
Cheers
Brandon
Happy 12th! That’s awesome that you are debt free. Does that include your mortgage as well? If so, even more congrats to you.
No, we are still working on the mortgage.
Happy Anniversary Frugal Dad
….. Thanks for the round up.