You Know You've Got a Keeper When...

[Chris72]

Re: a keeper...

Simply put when there is an absence of heavy expectations (both sides) yet there is a desire to be there for, do things for and extend yourself for eachother I'd say both sides have found a "keeper".

Life changes and life happens so we have to expect one year might be vastly different from the next. Pairing up with someone who is inflexible in thier expectation is eventually going to be a short road. (Or a sad one)

I met my wife when she was in one of her last courses. Her Univ was paid off but she had 15k in college loans...so I never asked her for a penny (house, food, fun, etc)When she said "yes" I paid her loans off. When we took vacations I paid for most if that. I had lots of time in my week early on so I was happy to do the cooking. My wife did the chores I hate, helped with with work stuff when I asked and when I wanted to rearrange life around I.M. training or racing she is always good with that.

There have been times when my funds have been tied up in other things so my net take home was lower than normal...at those times she paid for mostly everything. With a smile. I even kept racing in the US while funds were down back then, she didnt care! She even helped me with recovery (RMT stuff) weekly.

We are very, very different....
compliment eachother well....
rarely argue and always find "a way"

And as a bonus....she's reeeeeeeally fun to look at...

Keeper..!

Always had animals.
When she moved in I was breeding exotic birds which are high maint, loud, did have odor in super high heat, loud, and they were loud. So a room full of Pythons was an easy sell. She actually picked the very first one.