Since Ponzi took the gloves off, I should likely sit back and let her roll over me without offering a bit of personal perspective on the situation. Being stupid, I'm actually going to claim that I have every right to my personal feelings and expressions. This, in any kind of relationship, is a bold move by the male. In a nutshell:

1. I very much dislike warmer climates. I don't like to get hot, sweaty, and/or hot and sweaty. If I'm uncomfortable, I'm uncomfortable – and I very often make the mistake of stating that I'm uncomfortable.
2. I don't like to swim. I don't like the beach. Could be due to the multitude of ear infections I had as a child, with that painful condition further exacerbated by swimming pools and lakes. To keep myself from having problems, I avoid dunking my head at all costs. This is a problem for Ponzi – who believes that my head will be “fine.” History has proven otherwise, but she remains unsympathetic to my ears.
3. I don't like flying. When I do fly, my ears go wonky – and it takes me a few days to recover. I can't hear perfectly well, and need people to speak louder than normal. Ponzi doesn't understand that when I ask her to repeat something, I'm not questioning what she said – but asking for a clarification. WHEN I CAN'T HEAR, I CAN'T HEAR! Mumbling into a purse doesn't help.
4. I do believe that spas are filled with a lot of overpriced hoo-ha.
5. I'm a coffee snob.
6. I get headaches on long drives.
7. I traveled a lot when I was a kid, and feel that's somehow taken away from traveling as an adult. It's not as novel as it might be for someone who, say, didn't travel a lot as a kid.
8. If I had a choice, I'd be in a cooler climate – like Alaska.
9. I felt out of control when I was snorkeling – uncoordinated, and imbalanced. If you ask Ponzi, she felt the same thing after trying it – though I was “smart” enough to predict what would happen with my fins in the water. My mistake was not in trying it, but in predicting what would happen based on my own past experiences. Self-fulfilling prophecy, or wisdom?
10. I don't like getting scrubbed down by anybody. In the spa, they took you into a room where another guy scrubbed you down (females were scrubbed by females, naturally). I wasn't completely naked, but I certainly felt this way. Ponzi wants to be pampered, but I was uncomfortable on the table in my underwear. I would have been equally uncomfortable in the presence of anybody other than Ponzi.
11. I'm used to being frugal. Ponzi is not. We take extremes.
12. If I wanna open a mouth full of chewed food when someone is shoving a video camera in my face asking for commentary, it's my perogative. Just as it's anybody else's perogative to use the camera, it's my decision to do with my mouth whatever I see fit.
13. Few digital cameras take good night shots. Because of the way I explained the different features of our cameras, Ponzi took this as a personal slight. Not sure how that happened, but I think it boils down to her wanting the same thing I have (all the time), even though her needs are different from mine – a fact which she reminds me of on a regular basis, actually.

Well, at least I didn't go down without explaining myself first. :) Not sure if Scoble has ever tried to explain himself after Maryam divulged his shortcomings. This is better than reality television, ain't it?