Being Equally Yoked as Partners

Success Breeds Success in Relationships

As part of the daily emails I receive, one of the most important to me is The Daily Om. The Daily Om is a site that interjects a little wisdom and deep thought into my day which I can always use before getting out monist the wolves. Today's Om was about partnerships and the reasons people actually come together. This instantly brought to mind the current state of affairs among people looking for, if you will "a hook up," well besides the obvious.

I have heard men and women of all ages discussing how they are looking for someone that is financially stable and how this person should be able to improve his or her life. What the hell? Seriously. Don't you want your own? Shouldn't everyone have something to bring to the table? I think this is why so many relationships never truly make it off the launching pad, and if they do it is purely for physical reasons. Months or years down the road you have two people who can barely stand to be around each other. Yes love has gone from not being able to wait to see the person to wanting to clock them in the head with your shoe when they walk away.

For those looking for a life partner, a true, life partner, it would seem one would want someone that is an equal, yet having different traits and creative qualities to share. I think the whole idea of having a partner is to make each other a better person, a more well rounded person, and helping one to be the best that he or she can be. NOT...I repeat not solely to finance one's spending habits.

As an independent woman (still trying to make my million) I am offended by greedy, gold digging, trifling, shallow, and simple minded people that think they are so flipping wonderful that someone should want to serve at their beck and call and fulfill their needs. You know the whole mentality of "If I can't be the Princess or the Prince I don't want to play." Yeah right, but the fact is that's not life. We can't in every situation expect someone else to give, give, give. It is not realistic. As a matter of fact it's kind of nice to actually be able to do for others sometimes. Unfortunately some folks out there are blinded or they are straight not wired right in this area.