Word: partnering
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...least three or four different men over the course of her life that she probably could have happily married, if only she had met them during the appropriate stage of life. I was confounded. I had always believed that there was something cosmically singular about one's life partner. Stacey was suggesting that romantic fate had less to do with the dictates of Venus and more to do with one's academic or employment status at any given time...
...three years from now, if the new couples find themselves unhappy, their married status will hopefully compel them to work through their problems and remain together. Yet who is to say that new matches are any better than the old ones? What if we meet the right partner in the wrong stage...
...allow yourself to believe that your partner now ought to be your partner forever, you may find your inclination to stick things out miraculously intensifies...
...Granted, staying together through these formative years will be tough, and the project of growing-up is undeniably messy. But the trouble is, there are always external conditions that will entice you to retreat into yourself, neglect your partner or otherwise sabotage your relationships. The sooner you hunker down and resist those enticements, the fewer greats will slip through your fingers...
...wasn't even touched in the first fight," said John J. Deleon, a third-year law student who has been Rettig's friend and sparring partner for three years...