I know I say this a lot....

I still feel extremely fortunate in my mate. I know I say that a lot but she is so awesome in so many ways. Her being in Phoenix this week has been a bit tough to deal with but I am glad she went because of the fun she will be having. Plus it let me end a sentence with a preposition, a goal of all misguided writers.

I am not going to lie. We have not always agreed on everything. Fortunately, even when we disagree we work it out. We don't yell at each other, we don't call each other names, we don't take philosophical disagreements and turn them into personal attacks.

Now, I have heard about couples who routinely fight and argue. I have also heard about couples where one half is often angry, complaining, nagging, cajoling...in fact, there was some of that in the first train wreck...err, marriage. Complaining about almost everything I did. Or how I did it. There was no possibility of resolving an argument by letting some time pass so we could discuss it calmly and rationally instead of emotionally and in the moment.

Kind of helps me understand the guy who would rather be in prison than live with his wife...