Do it Bro!
A good indicator of a successful lasting relationship is if you can tolerate the ugliest aspects of the other person. For example, it's a good sign if you can handle your other at their angriest or even be able to brush your teeth next to them while they are taking a dump.
Just 5 minutes ago, after sitting on the toilet for a while without success, I hear quiet footsteps followed with an even quieter rapping on the door (normal people are asleep at this hour).
Whispered Drew, "Dude, I need the nail clippers."
He came in greeting my goofy smile with his own and grabbed his quested item from the cabinet above me. For some reason, (I really don't know why) I looked up at him almost longingly (a bit too almost longingly perhaps) and raised my hand for him to grasp.
Understandably, WTF?! was all over his face, however it was immediately replaced with the understanding that I needed him at that moment. With conviction, he clutched my hand hard in his own, the only way you can grasp another man's hand while he's taking a dump: Bad Dudes style.
It was then he told me with his eyes wide and his voice without waver:
"Do it Bro!"
The moment was there, it was my awakening, "Do it Bro!" resonated in me. He was the muse that freed any doubt, it was my time to overcome. He watched me try, struggling hard as I used every muscle I didn't even know I could tense. But, I was reaching for better than my best.
Whispered Drew, "Bite on this if you have to"
He offered his forearm, the same forearm whose muscles were strained from fastening his hand to mine.
With an out take of breath a sudden relief flushed over me. I had won. We had won.
Let it be known, there is no question if we have a successful lasting relationship.