the perfect partner
I have been incredibly busy since we got married.
Despite our crazy paces, often, I settled down in thoughts, stealing some time away to appreciate what I have now.
Last night, I was peeling the orange for Mike. I love peeling oranges, far exceeding eating them. Due to my reflux problem, I refrain from eating too many oranges. In most evenings, I would ask Mike if he would love to have an orange, knowing that I love the process of peeling, he would always say yes.
Every healthy relationship and marriage, has its ups and downs. We do have our share of disagreements too. Despite that, I tend to ponder over the brighter side of this marriage. I can’t exactly imagine anyone else in place of Mike, who will take all my nonsense.
Mike would never force me to do what I don’t enjoy doing, and he tries to create as many opportunities for me to do what I love doing.
Being so vastly different in personalities, we learn to gain perspectives different from what we normally would. In view of that, it could be a really good point why we are perfect for each other. We may not always be comfortable with each other differences, but with a cool head, we will always be able to understand that we didn’t mean to hurt each other.
For all we know, we are definitely not matching up to the standard married couple. We are one hell of an odd couple. Mike doesn’t bug me to tag along to all the social activities he is involved in; I don’t drag him to my family gatherings and activities too (Fine, I am not a group person per se; if I am not going to any of them, why would he?)
At this stage, and in many years to come, or rather for the rest of our journeys, we will continue to fine tune, adapt to changes and do whatever it takes to continue appreciating this good fortune to have met each other and come this far in life.
When we first dated, we talked about stuffs like fights and all, we agreed that we don’t need fiery fights to know each other better. As a matter of fact, I am not a fan to fights and shouts. I have probably outgrown that long ago. I learn that I can only really hear someone, in a calmer conversation. I have long grown tired of challenging the useless ego and messed up emotions, which are present when 2 persons (or more) enter a fiery fight.
Not only the world needs some good old peace, everyone of us needs a small cut of it too, don’t we?
