Two Facets of Marriage

If any of you have ever wondered about the quirky facets of mine and Kevin's relationship (you know, the ones that make us so damn cool) I have two to share with you. 

1) We are in a perpetual game of bullshit. Yep, that's right. Kevin and I are always sharing useless facts with each other, the other person rarely accepts the new information as truth and then a Google search is conducted. We should probably invest in the new T-Mobile Google phone to make the bullshitting more accessible and expedient. (That was soooo not a plug for T-Mobile. It sounded like it though huh?)

2) Peeves. Many, many, many people have commented on the fact that Kevin and I hardly ever fight. Opinions have ranged from it being unhealthy to us having an abnormally happy marriage. (I go with the latter opinion). One of the things we do that avoids fights is what we like to call Peeves (as in pet peeves). Kevin and I didn't live together before we were married but we had been together so long we knew most of the strange/annoying things about each other. Well, we have discovered over the last two and a half years that there were some annoying things about each other that were hiding in the woodwork until we entered into the cohabitation phase of our relationship. Instead of getting irritated at something one of us does and not saying anything we inform  the other person that we are annoyed about something by simply saying, "I have a Peeve." This is the signal that we are in a neutral sharing forum where the person with the Peeve gets to tell the other person to stop the annoying behavior without being aggressive or mean. So, thanks to the Peeve rule, I work hard to limit the piles of paper I make (thanks again Dad) and Kevin tries to line up sodas, milk, and soy milk in the appropriate place in the fridge. So, the lesson to be learned here is that the Peeve rule can help a normal person (Kevin) survive living with a psychotic person with OCD (Ryanne).