Gender

One thing most married people do agree on is how different the genders really are. It seems similarly apparent when watching male and female babies interact and grow up. There really does seem to be a distinction in behavior and temperment between men and women. But maybe that's being too specific. Maybe its just another way that our individuality is displayed. It's no question that a person's gender does influence how that person interacts with others (oh course society plays a large part in definiing those roles), but how much of the difference is just because the other person simply has a different personailty? My wife certainly complements my weakness and even though we are both individually accomplished, together we are more than either of us are alone. We've been together so long that most of the friends that have known us for a long time assume that we speak for each other (we do) and always consider communication with one of us as communication with both of us (for the most part, that's true, but we still both maintain the confidences of third parties). Maybe if we had a third or fourth partner to fill in the other gaps we're missing, we would be greater still! LOL - interesting thought! Do our kids fill that gap? Probably not - they have no choice in their being here, they are legally stuck with us until they turn 18, and they are too dependent on us to truely be partners (not that my wife and I don't depend on each other, but the kids have a different relationship with us). I think in order for a partnership to be successful, the indiviual partners should have the ability to back out but don't even if things are tough.