9 Things I Don't Prefer About My Partner

But Lovingly Accept For A Happy, Healthy Relationship

One of the best (and let's be honest, hardest) lessons of long-term love? Your partner is not a robot designed to heal your wounds and meet your expectations. They're a whole-ass human with their own baggage, preferences, needs, and flaws.

We all know this in theory, but it's a harder truth to live out in practice. For many, it's tough to differentiate between "I don't love that quality about them, but I can accept it" and "that quality of theirs makes me feel insecure and unhinged."

Today, I'm sharing honestly nine different things I willingly accept about my partner that wouldn't be my preference if I lived in a dystopian world where I designed my own partner (let's be clear, this world is actually one of my scariest nightmares).

And I'm also going to share why I'm so glad to be living with his "flaws" and our "incompatibilities" and wouldn't change him even if I could.

Plus (bonus) you'll hear a few of the things he does not prefer about me (because it's only fair).