I feel like this is a bit of a non productive discussion. Like almost every marriage, we have some irreconcilable differences. The maker or breaker of a successful marriage is not whether the differences exist or not, but whether you can make peace with those differences and not allow them to define and interfere with your relationship. Churchill defined a fanatic as someone who can't change his mind and can't change the subject. We can't change our minds about certain things, but I don't think we're fanatics, because we don't have to make that be an impediment and central theme of our relationship. Yes, certain practices are unacceptable for us to do and sanction. I'm assuming you don't sanction us waving chickens around our head annually either (for those of us that do it). However, we don't have to make that into a sticking point, and can move on to other areas of common ground. We still respect you tremendously.
