That's why you have to choose mates carefully and also set boundaries early on. Most people don't understand personal boundaries and setting them is really an art.

In an inimate relationship, physical and emotional violence is juvenile, and I don't stand for any of it, and I'm not someone else's savior. I

There's no loyalty in a relationship if one person is disloyal. Dishonesty is disloyalty.

I also don't put up with Kafka traps either. A Classic is when someone implies you're upset when you're not. If you say you're not, it's proof you're upset.

There's a million other games people play too. I don't. And I'm not going to. I have clients. I've seen it all.

My wife and I just get along. We're still hot for a each other after 20+ years, and spend nearly every moment together, waking and asleep. And I don't take her for granted, nor she I.