The good I bring to my marriage has zero to do with my bipolar disorder. It is from me. I show my husband love and caring as well as friendship. Married couples can also be friends as well as lovers and sweethearts.


I am also humorous. More so than my husband. I guess my humor is a kind of "color" as described by OP. I'm also the more positive, glass half full, upbeat person in my household. My husband's not as much. He is more stereotypical "Slav". Plus, he can sometimes suffer from unipolar depression and has various physical complaints. I've been lucky to not have many physical complaints.


We both have our strengths and weaknesses. With only few or minor exceptions, one of us has a counterbalance in such cases.


I hate fighting and do not hold grudges. Though he does with some people, he doesn't with me. He surely has to practice more tolerance with my stuff than the other way around, but we both love each other exactly as we are.


I'd live with just the clothes on my back in a tent with my husband and still find some happiness.