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Happy marriage through compromise.
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My wife married into my Warhammer collection. We have a Warhammer room. I'm pretty sure she doesn't even like Warhammer but has her own painted figurines.
My mother likes Scott brand toilet paper. My father likes Charmin. My father installed a second spool holder next to the toilet. One is loaded with Scott, the other with Charmin. They'll celebrate their 46th wedding anniversary this year.
If "we like different brands/styles of household consumable goods" isn't a solvable problem, if you solve it by buying one of each kind so everybody gets what they want, and your partner goes to un-solve it...unpartner them, because they're unfit.
That is so ridiculously romantic omfg ❤️😍
In my relationship, we have few things we give up for one another due to sensory issues. For example, I gave up strong cheeses because he can't stand the smell and he let's me control what types of blankets and bedsheets we have because I have intense sensory issues with certain types of fabrics.
Sometimes giving something up for the other isn't a break up worthy offense, but it would be if it was done to take joy away from the other person or in some way infringed on their personal joy and happiness.
Personally, I can live with or without strong cheese. It doesn't kill me to not have it and he doesn't give two shits about what textures our blankets have. But if he owned a blanket that had a horrible texture, and it was important to him to keep it, I would try my best to deal with it as long as I don't have to touch it too much. And for him, I went out and got me a block of stinky cheese one time because he wanted me to enjoy good cheese. I haven't asked it of him and I don't think I will try and get strong cheese again anytime soon because it's more important to me that he's comfortable than me getting peak dairy.
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So your mother's a masochist, then?