White wine is not necessarily better than a cold Geary's or a Fat Tire Amber. Compromise does not mean that we abandon our position in favor of yours. Sports Illustrated is a better magazine than Cosmopolitan. Just accept that. It's in neither your interest nor ours to take the Quiz together.
Golf is a sport, and watching it on TV is a legitimate way to spend a weekend afternoon.
Sex on a weeknight is generally welcome. Three hours of post-coital conversation are not. Dinner out is a pretty good birthday present. Two tickets to a ball game are even better. No, you can't have the remote control.