It’s an old fact that compromise in a marriage can really go a long way to preserving the happiness and harmony of wedded bliss. There are lots of areas for compromise in a union between a man and a woman, and if these areas are accounted for and respected, happiness can be long and everlasting for the couple. For example, many women have a few basic wants, needs, and demands. Most women will want to have the toilet seat left down for them. For reasons that often seem to be completely inexplicable to a man and utterly self evident to a woman, women do not like to go in to use the restroom and be confronted with an open toilet bowl. The couple can decide whether this is an issue that is worth discussing – or perhaps fighting about – and reaching some sort of agreement or compromise on, or they can let it fester. Similarly, for reasons that seem to baffle some women, a man likes to have some space to himself, a place in the couple’s love nest that isn’t nice and ordered, prettily decorated, or even necessarily very clean. He doesn’t care about all that stuff, he just wants a place of his own. He wants a man cave. He’ll probably want a beer fridge in there, a pool table, and a big screen TV. A shuffleboard table is also a great addition to any man cave.

Sometimes women will not really understand why he feels the need for this space, but the couple can either agree to something that works for both of them, or again just let it fester between them. Festering will almost always lead to bitterness, resentment and shortened tempers and limited understanding between the two partners. It is much better to seek a compromise that will make everyone happy.