I met my husband in 1993, and we had some rough times during the dating phase which actually made us a stronger couple once we resolved them. We give each other a lot of room to go do things that make us happy—I travel all over and go to concerts and pinball shows, while he works really hard on a personal animated film and on his garden railway. Some people thought we were crazy for doing so much apart, but it helps us enjoy each other’s company more when we are together bc we don’t resent each other for keeping us away from what we love or alternatively forcing us to do stuff we hate.