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title: crossing a threshold
date: 2012-01-23
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On [episode 73] of the [talkshow], [Dan] asked [John] if the time he'd
been with his (current) wife was longer than the time before marrying
her.

I thought I'd work out when that boundary crossing was for me and how
old I will be when I cross that line with xyl:

Using the *awesome* [wolframalpha] which makes this sort of calculation
insanely easy:

* *Birth to Marriage*: 27 years, 1 month, 8 days
* *Marriage to Current*: 8 years, 9 months, 3 days

I'll will have been with xyl longer than being not-married on *Monday,
May 27, 2030*.

I'll be *54 years, 2 months, 16 days* old.

[episode 73]: http://5by5.tv/talkshow/73
[talkshow]: http://5by5.tv/talkshow
[wolframalpha]: http://www.wolframalpha.com/
[dan]: http://benjamin.org/
[john]: http://daringfireball.net/