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Mutuality is accomplished by two whole persons; and if each partner truly intends to be but the fraction of a relationship (thinking my whole makes up half of us) he or she will soon discover that these halves do not fit perfectly together. The mathematics can work only if each subtracts something of himself or herself, shears it off, and lays it aside forever. There will come, then, a moment of shock when one spouse realizes, __ou won__ want the whole of me? Not the whole of me, but only a part of me, makes up the whole of us?_ P 45
Walter Wangerin Jr. As For Me And My House: Crafting Your Marriage To Last
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Mutuality is accomplished by two whole persons; and if each partner truly intends to be but the fraction of a relationship (thinking my whole makes up half of us) he or she will soon discover that these halves do not fit perfectly together. The mathematics can work only if each subtracts something of himself or herself, shears it off, and lays it aside forever. There will come, then, a moment of shock when one spouse realizes, __ou won__ want the whole of me? Not the whole of me, but only a part of me, makes up the whole of us?_ P 45
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As For Me And My House: Crafting Your Marriage To Last

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