Antipathy: The first sign of a successful relationship. We here at DCist like to bring our readers advice derived from our years of relationship success. The most basic element is the ability to be fed up with all of your partner’s personality tics and foibles from the beginning. It saves the heartbreak and disillusionment that is in store 30 years down the road when all the kids and/or pets are grown and gone from the house, and it’s once again just you and your spouse together, without a buffer, staring eternity in the eye. Trust us. You’ll thank us some day.

Quote of the Week

Georgetown:
20-something girl on her cell: “Well, it’s not a question of whether or not I want to be with him, I definitely love him, it’s just that he annoys the fucking shit out of me.”

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Photo contributed to DCist photos by Flickr user digitaldefection, used under a Creative Commons license. You know it, but we have to say it — the couple in the photo is not the couple referenced in this post.