Accepting the Flaws of "He and I"

Well this certainly isn't a typical love story. One would imagine it is what happens after the end of the story book; real life, and real life isn't all that fun. Truly her husband got on my nerves as did she. He was seemed to be deeply critical of her every move and thought, and she was never sure about herself. Every time that she said he threw a temper, I got a little more aggravated. It would seem that her husband is controlling and demeaning and a jerk. He does have some good qualities, for he is open to many different types of culture and experiences, and drags her into them. She on that note follows, trying to be supportive. It just gets tiresome to hear that they argue about little things that could be passed over and are always critical of each other.

But this is close to a true life love story than most that are written. For even though they argue and criticize one another, they have been together for twenty years. That's hard to say for most couples, granted this was written in the 90s. Considering this, both husband and wife have learned to take the flaws in each other and live with them. Not just live with the flaws but learn to accept them. It seems as though the wife accepted her husband's flaws better than he with hers.

I don't think that I'd like a relationship like this. I've witnessed too many relationships in which the spouses argue. It disrupts the home and is just not pleasant to be in. There is a way to live in peace without arguing and still accepting flaws. I can't really say what that is since I'm not married, though my grandparents, who have been married for almost 50 years, claim that it is to cut each other a bit of slack especially when you are about to get mad. It seems like good advice to me, for we can't really help our flaws; they are apart of what makes us, us. So when we accept each other's flaws it's more of confirmation of accepting them.