[Marital Relations] I always lose arguments. And that's fine.

I usually lose arguments with my wife.
My logic doesn't hold up, and my memory is hazy.
When my wife says, "You said that back then,"
I have no choice but to reply, "Did I?"
Usually, my wife is right.
So, I lose.

After I lose, I feel relieved.
Because the argument is over,
and it didn't turn into a fight.

I can say, "Well, maybe you're right,"
and bring it to a quiet end.

My wife seems to think I lost.
But I just stepped down.
There's no point in continuing.
There's nothing to gain from a fight.
So, I step down.

My wife won the argument.
I actually feel like I won, too.
Because I think of it as letting her win.

Though I don't say it out loud.

The next morning, I wake up acting like nothing happened.
To make sure it doesn't get brought up again.

"To lose is to win"
is a saying.
It seems this applies to me.

I'm losing, but actually, I won.
My wife won, too.
We both won.

—And that's fine.

By the way, this is what my wife thinks.