It’s nice being in a relationship where you know you can count on the other person’s strengths to compensate for some of your weaknesses. Being able to cooperate and delegate helps reduce stress and builds bonds of trust and affection. For example, I love cooking, so I do most of the meals for the household. My fiancee is more particular than I am about how clothing gets cared for, so she handles the laundry. I’m meticulous about money, so I take care of making sure that the bills get paid on time. She likes houseplants, I don’t mind driving long distances. She takes care of the high-energy, spleen-venting, vitriolic rants, I mow the lawn. It’s an equitable distribution of responsibility.
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