Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Life Partners

Warmly recommended:

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/8387885/my_experience_running_a_husband_and.html?cat=3

I met my husband through my odd jobs network, so working together didn't make us completely a "husband and wife business"...we were just much closer partners to each other than to other people. But what she says about resolving family problems before bedtime and leaving work problems at work is true.

The side benefit is that if people learn to do this, they won't carry around grievances, "fall in love" with other people, and end up wailing "It's too late" to make their marriage work. Or, for that matter, their business partnership...because the emotions invested in a business partnership may seem much milder at the time, but if a business partnership fails, both partners will feel very emotional about it.

For the record, I don't approve of people calling each other "partners" unless they are committed at least to working together. People who only sleep together are bedmates...and if they're not making babies together, the rest of the world really doesn't want to know that they're bedmates. And I don't like "boyfriend and girlfriend" either, at least for adults. If you've not set the wedding date, the correct word to use is "friend." Details don't need to be added unless someone comes on strong.

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