My question though @johnjgeddes is, aren't these imperfections perfect in their own way? In the sense that they are apart of that adversity, which is a part of us and we use these things to guide ourselves and pretty much grow as individuals and by extension a collective?
you're right. The ending hints at an answer for the dilemma - staying and working things out - that is how we grow as a couple, not by our lack of struggles and quarrels but how we persist in working things out