Start With a Partnership
Romance is good, friendship is good, but a romantic relationship has got to be a working partnership
So I had this idea of writing a “this is how we did it” advice article, focusing on how a partnership is an integral part of a marriage. I didn’t have all the details worked out, exactly, but I had the basic concepts. And then, Gillian Sisley wrote about it first:
Worse, she hit points I hadn’t thought of. Well… drat. However, I promised something for Agnes Louis, who is hoping to find the trick to having spousal discussions while folding laundry, so here you go, Agnes! (But you might want to read Gillian’s piece first.)
I’ve been married twice, the second time for twenty years and counting, and both wives and I share firm beliefs that any functional relationship — definitely including a romantic one, and most emphatically including a marriage — has to be a partnership. Two people working together toward a shared goal or goals. Both contributing based on their abilities, both benefiting from mutual effort.
