How do you handle this fine line??

[Los Feliz Slim]

A certain amount of this is part of the bargain, but if you're going to be together for a long time you're going to need to tell her to shut the [censored] up occasionally. My wife can talk a blue streak, and early in our relationship I decided that if I couldn't be honest with her about my need for silence sometimes it just wasn't going to work out.