Originally Posted by JLarson

The reason I married the woman I did was because prior to it even becoming a relationship, instead of playing the usual dating game which is rife with dishonesty and never expressed expectations, we spoke candidly about what we really wanted in a relationship. We started dating in 2016, were married 1 year and 1 day later in 2017, and continue to have very candid and open communication. I will not say there haven't been any issues, but they are very small issues, and we resolve them logically.

I'd dated other women who were "more" in single areas - more compatible sense of humor, more attractive objectively, more intriguing conversationalists in an area of focus - but none who were such well rounded individuals, with intellect, goals, leadership, and the ability to hold articulate and well-reasoned dialogue on a large variety of topics. It's a tremendous advantage when we do disagree. It's not emotional, just a rational discussion and some sort of agreement or compromise.