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Everyone Thinks This 1 Thing Ruins Relationships — I Think It Gives Them Life
My fiancé and I had two INTENSE discussions the other day.
Borderline fights.
And we managed to have a beautiful day together nonetheless. We went to a museum on her college campus, made each other laugh, had a nice dinner, and watched Harry Potter.
That’s a darn good day if you asked me.
What were our intense discussions about?
Twitter. Elon Musk. Whether he’s a good dude. Whether he’s treated Twitter’s workers well by giving them a decision to leave.
I think so. She doesn’t. And we had a few discussions about it. I don’t want to say arguments because we didn’t raise our voices but the tension was definitely present as we disagreed with each other.
You know what’s mind-blowing to me?
The fact that we could do that (twice) and continue to have a great day together. By all accounts it was a beautiful day.
As we drove home from the museum I told Dalia that I don’t want these intense discussions to be a burden on us. I don’t want us to get resentful of each other because we disagree on certain things. I also wondered out loud if agreeing on the goodness of Elon Musk is necessary for a thriving relationship.
