Shift in Disagreements

Early on in my marriage, our disagreements were things like "You work too much" & the response "I'm building a career and establishing job security."

We didn't always see eye to eye about which extended family we'd be spending holidays or other events with. This weekend, I saw a real shift in things. Our only disagreement was about how nanobots and nanoparticles work. Last week I'd heard about some uses for them and my husband said there's no cost efficient way to power them for the uses I talked to him about. I spent some time learning more about the subject and told my husband all the ways they could be powered and he said just because they technically can be powered in those ways, it doesn't mean that it's to a point that they are being used in those ways. He pointed out the roadblocks that widespread use of nanotechnology would present.

I sat there for a minute and couldn't remember the last time we'd disagreed about getting together with extended family or the last time I gave him a hard time about his work schedule, even though he's recently been working another job, too. We never argue about toothpaste or toilet seats or what to watch or where to go for dinner. However, we can have a fired-up go-round about nanotechnology. That's a funny and entertaining twist of fate.