Loved this one, great writing as usual.
"In the best case, you learn to love these traits of your partner, and in the worst, you 'put up' with it. "
That's often the fine line we ladies have to walk. It's so important to realize when it begins to turn from loving these traits to putting up with them, that's when resentment sets in. In my experience resentment is the same as utter lack of respect, from which there is no going back.
You'll probably suffer that result your entire life unless Western women and men wake up and understand why the culture is failing. Men and women do have a purpose, but we've gone way off course...
This is not something that I "suffer" from. I actually learned from my past experiences that communication does A LOT of good.
Are men respecting you enough to give you a viable multi-generational cultural strategy for your (future) offspring? When you actually get into child rearing then we'll have some basis to know if you are succeeding. You might want to read the links I posted else where on this page, but I think you might not like what I have to say. But you might wish to delve into the resources I cited, which include some information from some genius level IQ men such as the "father of open source" Eric Raymond.
If you have some knowledge or insight to offer me, I am listening.