Me and My Significant Other – MeMe
Tough day. I got tagged by JessieLing with this tag.
Crazy. Tough like crazy. I am supposed to list 10 ways how my wife got me … boiling.
I guess I need to tell you why it is so tough.
When we first knew each other, I am an overly optimistic person, while she is rather pessimistic. Quite a few times, when we tried to set our goals, we simply couldn’t see eye to eye. Though we didn’t quarrel (I don’t quarrel with anyone, not even with my wife… or … Especially not with my wife), the goals simply couldn’t be agreed on.
Over the years (15 years?), we influenced each other to become a better person. I become much more realistic, and she is now much more optimistic.
So, if this Meme came 15 years back, I bet I could have listed more than 50. Now …
1) Have faith in me. Be more optimistic. Remember what you asked for then? I had achieved everything that you asked for, and more. It just take a bit more time, but I have never failed you. Learn the phrase: The journey is the most exciting part, not the end point itself.
Sorry. Jessie. I can’t even reach no2, haha.
I’m glad you didn’t do the meme for 2 reasons.
First I somehow think it’s TMI (too much info) and somewhat disloyal to tell the whole blogging world how your spouse irritates you or rubs you the wrong way. Marriage is afterall learning to give and take, and learning to live with each others idiosyncrasies.
Secondly do we really need a list of our spouse’s “faults” so that we can look at them whenever we get mad and start pointing fingers? Now if only we had one listing down all good points and things you are thankful for about your spouse!
See! I’ve told you so. Women is made from “lace and all thing sweet”. It’s difficult to find fault in us.
Btw, saya terasa telah dijatuhkan maruah selepas membaca pendapat no.1. Anyway, orang yang memulakan permainan ini telahpun mendapat amaran dan gugutan dari …. tak tau siapa la. This is all for fun actually. Kalau tak mau main, tak ada orang boleh paksa. Anyway, permainan meme sebenarnya hanya untuk mendapat trafik dan pembaca dari blog yang lain.
I think one should never criticize their spouse, especially in public… that’s the most basic respect.
Very sweet of you
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My comments went missing, again! grrr…..
Repeat here:
I got this meme too and it was a twisted one where I have to list how I pissed my spouse off. Funny people like me know what’s the problems with ourselves and yet make life miserable for our significant half. women liddat wan lah! haiz…. double standard. hehehe….
Dobbs Pointing finger at my spouse is never my practise. My blog is rather to write down my own fault, to remind myself. (thus in my manderin blog, you can find I made all kinds of blunders)
Gadis Manis Wow. So you actually started the meme? How did you come up with the idea?
renae I concur
FH I am not a good husband, and still learning to be a good father
ECL Haha, that is your indulgence?
Errrr soli you kena tag again dis time by me
I guess you have to accept each other the way you are.
As you say Yenjai, “The journey is the most exciting part, not the end point itself.” In this journey of marriage, we all will learn to give and take, learn and ‘un’learn, be grateful to have found each other…I’m pretty sure if I ask you, “if you have a 2nd chance, will you still choose her to be your wife?” your answer will still be “yes”
Usually for optimistic people, you tend to find the ‘goods’ in others than dig the ‘bads’ 
Winnie, if you give me 10 chances in the next 10 lives, I will still answer the same :p
You are sooo sweet. I think Ok to be pissed off once in a while, but at the end of the day still lovey dovey, make peace before going to bed.That’s how the love grows. Like they say, Life is not a bed of roses. But I say, most fortunately it is not a bed of thorns.
stay at home mum, oh yes. Of course I get boiling once in a while.
I just don’t quarrel with her.
Like chinese saying : quarrel no good words
So why go that path?
I just let time proved that I am right (my wife sometimes said: You waited 5 years just to tell me this?)
I remembered once when someone told a friend’s husband that my friend (wife) is so lucky to have such a good husband. The husband replied, “no, it is me who is lucky to have such a good wife”
being appreciative and that sense of gratitute is so important in nuturing a relationship. I’m so envious of yenjai’s wife! 
Hi,
I came here from Dobbs blog. Thats the best reply to that meme I’ve read. My husband is Mr Positive too and I was rather pessimistic but now 6 years on I’ve become more and more positive due to his influence. By the time we reach our 15th year I hope we have achieved the same you have ie to influence each other to become better persons.
mumsgather, thanks for coming to my blog.
Yeah. That’s call marriage, right? To help each other to explore our life.