Pink looked back on the trials and tribulations of her tumultuous marriage to the racer Carey Hart in a sweet Instagram post from Sunday.
The 44-year-old singer–songwriter paid tribute to their union on the date of their 18th wedding anniversary, even as she admitted that they almost ‘didn’t make it’ several times along the way.
She included photos throughout the years of herself and the 48-year-old racer going back to their earliest days and tracing their 22-year romance.
Pink — who is reportedly the most popular female singer in the UK since the start of the 21st century — has been married to Hart since January 7 of 2006.
‘Love is a lifetime of coming back to the table. We almost didn’t make it to this one, well a couple of them, if I’m being honest,’ the singer (real name: Alecia Beth Moore) began her caption.
Pink looked back on the trials and tribulations of her tumultuous marriage to the racer Carey Hart in a sweet Instagram post from Sunday
The 44-year-old singer–songwriter paid tribute to their union on the date of their 18th wedding anniversary, even as she admitted that they almost ‘didn’t make it’ several times along the way
‘When I met you, 22 years ago, I just wanted someone that wouldn’t lie to me,’ she continued, before admitting, ‘I didn’t have a clue about commitment, building a life together, intimacy, trust.
‘It’s f***ing hard,’ she emphasized.
But Pink said she was ‘humbled’ by the ‘loyalty, history, forgiveness, and resilience’ of Carey,’ which she said came as a ‘surprise’ to her.
She also marveled at ‘how love rearranges itself and reappears after an empty night or five.’
‘I’m proud we made it to the other side of this year,’ she declared. ‘I wear our scars proudly. You are my stubborn, beautiful, immovable rock.’
The Get The Party Started singer added that ‘The family we’ve built and the stories we have weaved together and the memories we continue to make are worth more than a thousand million awards that anyone could give me.
She concluded with a sweet note to her husband, writing: ‘I love you and I love us.’
Her post featured a bevy of photos going back to the lovebirds’ baby-faced days to more recent snaps.
One older photo featured her looking blank-faced at the camera while Carey put on a hilarious snarl for the photographer.
They looked like a punk rock couple in another picture taken outdoors in which he wore his hair buzzed short and she wore a plaid shirt and a black ski cap.
The two couldn’t stop beaming in several more recent images, including a cute photo of the married couple with one of their children. They share their daughter Willow, 12, and son Jameson, seven.
She included photos throughout the years of herself and the 48-year-old racer going back to their earliest days and tracing their 22-year romance
‘When I met you, 22 years ago, I just wanted someone that wouldn’t lie to me,’ she continued, before admitting, ‘I didn’t have a clue about commitment, building a life together, intimacy, trust,’ she wrote
But Pink said she was ‘humbled’ by the ‘loyalty, history, forgiveness, and resilience’ of Carey,’ which she said came as a ‘surprise’ to her
‘I’m proud we made it to the other side of this year,’ she declared. ‘I wear our scars proudly. You are my stubborn, beautiful, immovable rock’
She added: ‘The family we’ve built and the stories we have weaved together and the memories we continue to make are worth more than a thousand million awards that anyone could give me,’ and she shared a photo featuring one of their two children
The two met after the 2001 X Games in Philadelphia and got engaged during one of Carey’s races in 2005. They married in Costa Rica on January 7, 2006
One of the more recent photos was a stunning black-and-white picture of Pink in a patterned bodycon dress that left little to the imagination, while Carey looked dapper in a black suit with a matching black shirt and slim tie.
They began their romance back in 2001, after they met at the seventh X Games when they were held in Philadelphia.
They had a tumultuous relationship even before getting married, which included a short split in 2003, but in 2005 it was Pink who did the proposing when she unveiled a sign reading ‘Will U Marry Me’ while he was in the middle of a race.
The couple tied the knot in Costa Rica on January 7, 2006.
