The enemy of love is impatience and eye rolling. Even gentle mockery is corrosive. Learn how to defuse the other’s ticking bomb. Notice what the beginning of a negative spiral looks like. Prioritise snoring remedies. Don’t exaggerate hurt feelings. Have more morning sex than night sex. Identify which of your partner’s faults are unfixable and devise a workaround. In marriage it is survival of the deafest, okay?’ She was shouting right in their faces. ‘No bathroom lightbulbs over forty watts! Deciding what to eat will constitute three-quarters of your marriage so, when it comes to menus, always
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