Some days I truly agree that women are from Venus, and men are from Mars.  The way men and women communicate is so convoluted it's enough to make us want to pull our hair out.  This last week my Prince Charming and I have had two conversations that went down hill fast.  Both failed because he said something "jokingly" and I got sensitive and took it personally.  Recently he replied to a comment I made "as such a girl way of thinking".  He didn't say it derogatorily, just an observation.  His comment made me think that maybe our gimped communication skills aren't a reflection of  something wrong in our relationship but just a common difference of point-of-view.  Some times I imagine a trip to a female marriage counselor who would inevitably tell him that I was right and he was wrong.  But, then again, maybe she and I would both be wrong.    I know that I'm not always right and he knows that he is not always right and it doesn't matter anyways.  I remember when  we first got married it felt like we  were on a roller coaster.  There were times when we felt so happy together we felt like we were flying high.  But then we would hit low times when we were quite irritated with each other and all I wanted was my mother.   As the years have gone by the highs and lows have evened out. Thankfully we ride the highs more often and for much longer than the lows.  Maybe we have learned to not linger in the lows and we try to find ways to forgive and forget.  It doesn't mean that the issues and irritations are solved. Only, that they are not going to ruin us. That our happily ever after will always take a little nurturing and a constant recommitting to each other. We are the bond in our family that started it all. Our love makes it all work, and our family is worth the work.