‘No marriage works without affection’: Doug, Chesca Kramer share throwback photos to celebrate anniversary

Doug Kramer and Chesca Garcia-Kramer are celebrating their ninth wedding anniversary by featuring throwback pictures and their fondest memories together.

It’s so nice to have somebody who enjoys loving and pampering his wife… Thanks for telling and affirming me everyday that I am still beautiful and how you love me so much more now. Never ashamed to express it even if there are a lot of people around us. While words are important, your actions speak even louder with your affection. Time with you is never enough, because you’re so much fun to be with. I look forward to our conversations and evenings where it’s just you and me. I am thankful that I don’t have to ask you to do things, because you do everything you think might hassle me. I know you don’t like to see me stressed so you would rather stress yourself out than see me frown…Thanks babe! And just when I think I can’t ask for anything more… You also love showering me with gifts… Mostly stuff that I don’t ask for. You give just because it makes you happy to see me with things you’d like me to wear… Hahahaha! Thank God we mostly agree on them! I hope I show you everyday that I love and appreciate you! I know we also get annoyed with each other… But it is only through God that we learn to appreciate one another, and lower our expectations. I know it’s only through God that we can look pass our differences and choose to love each other everyday. Happy anniversary! I love you so much! ❤️

A post shared by Chesca Garcia Kramer (@chekakramer) on Oct 9, 2017 at 12:00am PDT

Sharing one of their pre-nup photos, Chesca wrote about how the two have kept their relationship fresh: “Thanks for telling and affirming me everyday that I am still beautiful and how you love me so much more now. Never ashamed to express it even if there are a lot of people around us.”

“Time with you is never enough, because you’re so much fun to be with. I look forward to our conversations and evenings where it’s just you and me,” she continued.

“I am thankful that I don’t have to ask you to do things, because you do everything you think might hassle me,” the actress and host said.

In a pre-nup picture of the couple sharing a kiss, Doug wrote, “No marriage works without affection.”

No marriage works without affection. And love is more than an emotion, it’s a choice you have to make every day! 😍 (photo from our pre nup shoot, 2008) 👌

A post shared by Doug Kramer (@dougkramer) on Oct 9, 2017 at 12:18am PDT

The couple have three children, Kendra, 8, Scarlet, 5, and Gavin, 4. Collectively, the family is known as “Team Kramer”:

A post shared by Chesca Garcia Kramer (@chekakramer) on Sep 25, 2017 at 5:31am PDT

The cager gifted his wife with a necklace shaped like a “9” and encrusted with crystals. Pink rubies represented their children’s ages:

Last year, I gave Chesca an infinity ring ∞ to symbolize our 8th year anniv. Now, for our 9th year anniversary, I opted to give her this necklace. The pink rubies symbolize the current ages of our kids. 😍😍

A post shared by Doug Kramer (@dougkramer) on Oct 9, 2017 at 2:09am PDT

He also shared a photo of when they got engaged in 2007, a year before they would be married:

The day I proposed to you. The start of of our 1 year engagement. Oct 2007. 10 years ago! I know I’m a man of my word. But may my actions speak louder than my words! I love you so much! Happy 9th wedding anniversary to us! 😘😍

A post shared by Doug Kramer (@dougkramer) on Oct 8, 2017 at 10:45pm PDT

And a photo from their first year together in 2003, making their entire relationship 14 years:

It’s our 9th wedding anniversary but also our 14th year anniversary together. This is 2003, Payatots! 😂 Not the most flattering pic of us but it just shows how young we look. Well, me more. Since you age 1 year only every 5 years. 😂 Happy anniversary honey!

A post shared by Doug Kramer (@dougkramer) on Oct 8, 2017 at 11:25pm PDT

“Not the most flattering pic of us but it just shows how young we look,” said Doug.

“Well, me more. Since you age 1 year only every 5 years,” he said of his 37-year-old wife’s ageless beauty.

The sweet couple met in Boracay in 2003, and though they started out as friends, they “admired each other from a distance,” Chesca shared in a 2013 GMA interview.

In the interview, Doug shared, “I’ll never forget na by the time I saw her talagang napamura ako. Sabi ko, ‘ganda naman nun’ (I found her so beautiful that it made me curse).” JB

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