Acceptance? or Tolerate?

Today first day of class... Sianz... That's the end of my school holiday... What had i been doing? At times really very free nothing to do. But recently quite busy with my part time job n i took up another part time job. So now i've 2 part time jobs and studies to juggle. Stress xia!!!

Anyway today first day... Felt so stress... Dunno why maybe have too much things on hand to do i start to feel stress... Haiz... During Marketing lesson today, my lecturer mentioned an example and caught my attention, made me think for a whole day. He said, "A couple having dinner celebrating their 3 yrs Anniversary when the lady said to the guy (I've tolerated you for 3yrs......... so on and on...) This caught my attention after that i didn't hear... Was wondering.. Tolerate? Why isn't it Acceptance? Isn't it sad that a girl tolerated her guy for 3yrs? If i'm the guy how would i feel upon hearing that? Or the other way around? But i think again... Its not difficult to define acceptance or tolerance but but... How do you differentiate both feelings? Did i accepted my partner or did i juz tolerate with what he did? When he did or said something i don't like i felt hurt but i kept quiet am i tolerating him or i've accepted as he is? Sometimes i found things so contradicting. If you think i'm juz tolerating him then how can i accept him as he is? Do i have to go through tolerating in order to accept? Then i go back to the same question again... What is acceptance and What is Tolerance? How do i differentiate them?