You will never find your “equal” in a relationship.

That’s right.

There’s no such thing.

I want to find my equal.

I want an equal partnership.

I want to find someone on my level.

Have you ever heard these annoying echo-chambered, unoriginal cliches before?

Is it true? Is the pinnacle of good relationship equality in its truest sense? Tit for tat, everything must be 50/50?

How do you reconcile the desire for an equal partnership with the inevitable imbalances that arise in any relationship, such as one partner earning more or having different emotional needs at different times?

Do you believe that a truly fulfilling relationship requires exact equality, or is there room for fluidity and flexibility in how partners contribute to and support each other?

Or is it all just bullshit? There are supposed to be levels of inequality in every relationship, no matter what we do.

Can there be a “co-ceo”

Or are the best CEO’s the one and only CEOs?

Which marriages and relationships are happiest? And is it the same for men and women? These questions are becoming a growing topic of discussion about intimate partnerships as the roles of men and…