There is a discernible difference between pliable bread dough and crusty bread. Or a fresh snowfall and a layer of hard ice. Or a toddler and a stodgy old man.

 

Actually my favorite movies are the sweet-little-girl-breaks-through-the-veneer-of-a-lonely-old-man-scenario. I melt when someone who had boarded off his heart from being influenced, cracks it open to let the light and air flood in.

 

This 90 second video suggests that a willingness to be influenced by your partner is an element in a vibrant marriage.