Anyone who loves me must love my pet, Peeve.

Is it OK to let a seemingly innocuous and silly pet peeve derail a relationship? Some of my pet peeves are non-negotiables: I cannot live with someone who is filthy (not necessarily messy, but filthy; although I get frustrated easily with constant mess); I can't stand people who have protracted cell phone conversations when they are out with someone; I despise people who have long, personal cell phone conversations while sitting or standing right next to strangers (e.g. on a plane) who can't get away; and I look down on people who don't appreciate the genius that is Britney Spears.

But some of my pet peeves are less important to me. Even so, they really get on my nerves. The biggest of these is spelling. I can't stand people who can't spell. I'm not talking a typo here or there, or a word that is understandably difficult to spell. I'm talking about routinely mispelling words like "arduous", "mistaken" or "tonight". I also don't like it when people use abbreviations like "l8r" in IM when you could easily type it out, or "lol" in email, when you have the time to write that out too.

Another point: apostrophes. Use them ONLY when they are replacing a letter (e.g. "nothin'","o'er") or in a contraction (e.g. "I'd" = "I would", "she'll" = "she will").

Don't get me started on "quotation marks". I hate when they are overused or misused. GRRR.

Sometimes it gets to the point when I wonder if I could ever be in a relationship with a poor speller. Even worse is someone who uses worse grammar than I do.

Spelling isn't that hard people! Work on it!!