Stuff you've learnt the hard way

[Blue_Wildflower]

Do not wear summer tennis shoes for a 3.5hr ride when it is 30 degrees.

(I purchased toe covers at a lbs at the destination city for the ride home)

[Irulan]

Couples do not need to sit down and talk. It usually ruins the relationship. If you want to grow old peacefully and happily with someone, accept them for who they are and hold your tongue. The irritation will pass. It's better than the frustration of getting into a three hour go-nowhere "talk."

(I'm still learning this one, and usually have the most trouble during that time of the month. When I feel the urge to bring stuff up, I check it and remind myself that a lot of it is hormones.)

Stuff I learned the hard way -
You have to listen as much as you talk.
You can't qualify things with explanation, or if only or because.
"I" statements begin with "I feel (a feeling) " not "I think that you blah blah blah......"