Ana Pineapple

“When one reader asked when to voice complaints and when to keep the peace, Meinecke responded, "The key is to understand that partners are not renovation projects.”
― Ellen McCarthy, The Real Thing: Lessons on Love and Life from a Wedding Reporter's Notebook

“If we want to be excused for our imperfections and personal failings, then we'd better be ready to offer the same grace to our partners.”
― Ellen McCarthy, The Real Thing: Lessons on Love and Life from a Wedding Reporter's Notebook

“Like their Martian ancestors, men pride themselves on being experts, especially when it comes to fixing mechanical things, getting places, or solving problems. These are the times when he needs her loving acceptance the most and not her advice or criticism.”
― John Gray, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus

“We ask a lot more of relationships than we're willing to put into them.”
― Ellen McCarthy, The Real Thing: Lessons on Love and Life from a Wedding Reporter's Notebook