Cooler today

The temperature got cooler today. If we already reached 100° in the last two days I really can't imagine what this summer is going to be like. Do I really need to buy a new AC this year?

This morning Jen told me that she and Steve had another fight. I think all couples argue and get frustrated from time to time. Often one doesn't hear the other, or simply misinterprets the message. One grows more defensive while the other becomes more frustrated. No one is intentionally trying to hurt the other person, but in the process of sorting out the issues, both end up getting hurt. Communication is the key, but when two people are clearly on two different pages, how can they meet each other in that agreeable range where both come out feeling satisfied?

I was watching the morning news today and the news anchors were joking about how difficult and miserable it is to be single. Really? Is that so?

Unless you're with the right person, or someone who gets where you're coming from, or whom at least tries to understand you and communicates with you fairly and rationally, why be in a relationship and fight about the same issues over and over again? I don't think there's a perfect formula to a perfect relationship. Everybody is flawed, and we all have egos and make mistakes. It's important to see the big picture, what's more important and what's the better outcome for the other person? If both can do the same, then yes, being in a relationship makes sense.

Speak your mind and at the same time, listen to him / her, there's a point somewhere to all this arguing and frustration. If you only speak and never listen, then there's no respect. If you only listen and never speak, then that unresolved frustration will slowly grow into a deadly monster and finally one day jumps out during one of your future arguments and bites each other's head off. Fun times! NOT!

Relationships - You better make it work for both of you. Or don't bother.