After 47 years of marriage, I lost my teeth, stopped taking care of myself, and became an old woman who did nothing but housework. My husband no longer kissed me, and one day I overheard him saying, “I can’t live with this woman anymore.” But the next morning, I realized that after 47 years, I had never truly known my husband’s real character. 
My name is Mary. I’m 76 years old, and my husband, John, is 79.
We’ve been married for 47 years.
When I was young, John thought I was the most beautiful woman in the world. He never left the house without kissing me, and in the evenings, no matter how tired he was, he always wrapped his arms around me.
But the years changed everything.
First came the wrinkles on my face, then my hair turned completely white. Over the past few years, health problems caused me to lose almost all my front teeth.
