[lumberjim]

We have all been told that we should stop and smell the roses. That sometimes we can't see the forest for the trees. In relationships especially, I think we sometimes only give credence to our overall feeling about our partners. Nonspecific feelings about how things are going are the basis of how we see our success or failures in that realm. The big problems and obivous strong points of our spouses demand their own attention, but I think that it is important to recognize the little things about them as well. These are the things that you may not even know you like or dislike about them. But they are what makes that relationship personal and unique.

So what do you like or dislike about your significant other?

I'll start with a little one about jinx:

Many nights, we'll hang out and watch a movie or something in our attic. She will invariably fall asleep, and when the movie ends, and it's time to go to bed, I'll say her name to wake her up. I could say it ten times with full volume, "Shelby!......... C'mon Shelb, time for bed!...... SHELB!" and even shake her a bit, but she won't wake up. But....if i whisper it...."shelb!"... she jerks awake like she's been jolted. I think that's pretty cute.