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Friday, January 20, 2012

You Complete Me

Relationships and marriage are about balance. Couples don’t necessarily need to have the same interests (though it helps), but each partner should complement the other. I think that’s why Kellie and I get along so well despite the glaring differences in our personalities.

When we met, Kellie had not filed a tax return in years, her car, a Geo Storm, was unregistered and uninsured, and her driver's license was expired. As for myself, I was suffering from involuntary celibacy. Clearly, we could each fill the void in the other one's life.

Now that we’re married, she no longer has to worry about the taxes; I do them. Her car, a Lexus SC 430, is registered and insured, and her license is current. Kellie could say, in the words of Jerry Maguire (though she never would), I complete her. I, on the other hand, still have to complete myself.