More than Equals

...I believe in equal partnership marriages, but I know that maintaining 50/50 fairness and a balance of power is not enough. In the best marriages there is no score keeping, no tracking of who owes whom, no anxious monitoring of power. The best marriages are so filled with mutual affection and admiration, that husbands and wives gladly give more than their fair share and fearlessly place themselves in each other’s hands. The most fulfilling and enduring marriages are equal partnerships…and more. They are profoundly intimate friendships in which the greatest joy and satisfaction is found in giving to each another...