There are many key words associated with marriage. Trust of course, is the biggest. Love, respect, perspective, these are all things that greatly enhance a marriage.
And then there's compromise. That give and take that is essential to the success of two people sharing their lives together. Even before Mr. Flossy and I got married, we would compromise to keep the peace. I wouldn't chew gum with my mouth open and he wouldn't make that strange, high-pitched sound that reminded me of a balloon squeak. Neither of us would think of spending more than $100 on something without consulting the other (except for that $400 compost tumbler he had to have..) He put up with my crappy choices in television, I put up with his boxed sets of Grateful Dead.
And now, after nearly 13 years of marriage, we are still compromising. On how we discipline our kids...where we spend Christmas and Thanksgiving...how we manage (or mismanage) or money. And then there are the REALLY important issues:
I will no longer eat black bean soup (which makes my gas smell like a rotting dead animal)
He will no longer eat raw red onions (which makes his breath smell like old truck tires).
Ah compromise! It brings harmony and balance to a marriage.
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