[Lazamataz]

Last spring, I attended a golf outing where Gov. Jennifer Grandholm's husband was the guest speaker. He spoke of role reversal and how women have become more like men, and men are becoming more like women. I listened, and after nearly laughing based on his life experience with Jennifer, he said something that really resonated with me. He said (I think he got this from some book): 'To not be needed is a slow death for a man.' That really had a profound impact on me.

I had a similar reaction when during a meeting, someone observed that in a healthy, normal relationship, men tend to fall in love with the vulnerability in women and women tend to fall in love with the strength in men.

I was like, "Whoa."

[rintense]

I love the strength in men! I can rely on it when I can't be strong. What woman doesn't want the comfort, strength and protection wrapped in the arms of a man?