Your way or Mine? (Courtesy Divya Nair Hinge [ Chicken Soup for the Indian Romatic Soul])

• I hate it when you have turned the house upside down with your mess. But when it remains untouched by your presence, it doesn't seem like a home anymore.
• I hate it when you touch me with your greasy hands after you have fixed the motor. But, by the time you have come out clean after a bath, i hit myself for having been silly, for i realise that passion doesn't need a perfect time.
• I hate it when I have to be in the kitchen all day fixing meals for you. But when I have to eat alone, I feel like I'm eating only to keep myself alive.
• I hate it when you ask for coffee ten times a day. But when you aren't around to ask for it, I miss all the conversations that we have over copious cups of coffee.
•  I hate it when you fight for your favourite channel on television. But when I get to watch TV alone, I don't enjoy it anymore, for I miss the fun of the fights that we have over the silly thing.
• I hate it when you come home late after work. But when you calmly make me see reason through the challenges that you face there each day, I beam with pride for being a part of you.
• I hate it when you sleep while I'm still having a conversation with you. But when I wake up in the morning to the feel of your arms around me, I forget what it meant to be ignored the previous night.
• I hate it when you don't keep a promise. But when I see you sincerely working towards not repeating it, I feel like it wasn't really a mistake in the first place.
• I hate it when you come up with instant solutions when all I want you to do is listen. But when you leave me to take decisions by myself, it doesn't really feel like the perfect situation for some reason.
• I hate it when you argue endlessly with me on inane matters. But when we are not talking , I itch to hear from you even if it means starting another argument.
• I hate it when you forget important days that mean so much to me. But when you take me out for an exotic dinner on an ordinary day, I regret thinking that only some days are special.
• I hate it when I have to take care of everything while you have only to take care of your job. But when you publicly laud me for my abilities, I see myself wanting to do more of it.
• I hate it when it appears that you don't care that I'm sick, but when you keep calling me from work to check if I'm doing well, I feel like it's all that I needed to recover.
• I hate it when you are calling out to me 100 times a day from every corner of the house.But when you are not doing it, it feels like my name has no meaning and my being has no relevance.
• I hate it when you don't love me the way I would like to be loved. But when I'm not loved your way, I feel like I'm teaching you to love me and hence not really being loved the way I should be.
• I hate to be defeated when I'm trying to make a point, but I'm willing to step down to accept defeat at your hands; FOR I REALISE THAT I'D RATHER BE LOVED YOUR WAY THAN MINE!!!!