Express your happiness for your partner and try to enjoy every moment you have.

How? Overlook the annoyances.

When Amy and I were going through our own pre-marital counseling our minister Ralph Gustafson had us read a couple of Gary Smalley books. I adapted the following from Gary Smalley’s If Only He Knew. It’s helped me help many people to love their loved ones better. Maybe it will help you too!

Negative: Nosy?
Positive: She may be very alert or sociable.

Negative: Touchy?
Positive: He may be very sensitive.

Negative: Manipulating?
Positive: She may be a very resourceful person with many creative ideas.

Negative: Stingy?
Positive: He may be very thrifty.

Negative: Talkative?
Positive: She may be very expressive and dramatic.

Negative: Too serious?
Positive: He may be a very sincere and earnest person with strong convictions.

Negative: Stubborn?
Positive: She may be a well-disciplined person with strong convictions.

Negative: Overbearing?
Positive: He may be a very confident person–sure of himself & what he’s doing.

Negative: A dreamer?
Positive: She may be very creative and imaginative.

Negative: Too fussy?
Positive: He may be very organized and efficient.

Negative: Flighty?
Positive: She may be an enthusiastic person with cheerful vitality.

Negative: Too bold?
Positive: He may have strong convictions, uncompromising with her own standards.

Additionally, if you want to express your happiness for your partner and try to enjoy every moment you have I recommend you say all your Thank Yous, I’m Sorrys, and I Love Yous every day.