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[quote=Anonymous]We both appreciate each other as equals, and work to maintain each other's independence. I want him to socialize with his own friends, and encourage him to do so, and he wants me to advance in my career, and encourages me to do so.  We're both willing to be the one to get the car repaired or to notice the kids need larger shoes and buy them, because we let circumstances, not gender, determine who does what. And because we both have fully stepped up to the plate on most everything at least once, we can sympathize with the other about what it's like.  Neither of us wants to become a martyr and let resentment build. And if one of us is hungover or just wants to sit on the couch and eat cheetos for dinner, we still enjoy the other's respect and comraderie because of all the other things we did that week to earn it.

As I write this, it sounds like some endless Darwinian struggle.  Maybe we're both deeply insecure and have to constantly prove ourselves to the other. But hey, that's probably what it takes to keep a 10-year partnership on track.[/quote]

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