The one thing a relationship *does* need is committment. A committment helps you get through those patches when you look at the other person and think "oh, dear." That's normal, but unfortunately, it freaks a lot of people out. Therefore, they miss the next cycle, which is the "falling in love all over again" part. It's as exciting as the first time each and every time it happens.
And yes, you can make anything work. I've always believed you can pick two people totally at random, give them the "rules" and they could make a good relationship out of it.
Most people treat their houseplants with more consideration than they do the most important people in their lives. Good manners seem to fly out the window in a lot of relationships. I'm talking about the absolutely basic things like "please" and "thank you." Frankly, were I a man, there'd only be so many times I'd take somebody out to dinner without hearing a "thank you" before I'd stop taking that somebody out to dinner. And (I'm old here, folks, so my examples are a little...well, the kind you get from old folks) there's only so many times I'd clean the damned house without hearing "gee, everything looks so nice, you worked so hard" before I'd *stop* working that damned hard.
Steve, you found the one thing you absolutely *have* to have. Conversation. If you have that, you can work through anything. There won't be anybody you've ever met that will be better in bed than that woman. Why? You can *talk* to her. If rockets don't go off the first time...talk about it. And then, happily keep practicing until the rockets go off.
