Saturday, 26 April 2008

Ten Things About Living Together

Some of the secrets I'm learning ...

1. The logistics involved in fitting two adult bodies in a 200 x 200cm double bed can make for long, involved and hysterically funny conversations with other couples in a pub. In fact, it's a sure-fire way of making a lot of new friends you never would have met when you were single ...

2. Men and women will always view loo etiquette differently. Different worlds, universes apart. Nuff said.

3. Women either have to find a diplomatic way to explain that you can't split the food budget in half because you don't both eat the same, or get over it.

4. Men and women have entirely different understandings of the phrase "clean up the dishes".

5. Sex on a plate can lead to a surfeit. You either gorge and gross out, or learn to become a gourmet.

6. Time spent apart increases the joy you feel when you're together.

7. Two salaries combined really does give you four times the spending power.

8. Men are wilder, edgier, more dangerous. They take more risks. Women however, are clever, manipulative, deceitful and subversive. They don't need to take more risks; they just let the men do it for them.

9. But men are more fragile emotionally ... and women are stronger that way.

10. Sometimes the most special gift of all is the cup of coffee he makes for you every morning.


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