Ping! What do you think? I’ve always thought it would nice if I could find myself a fellow my age like Mr. Mercat.
You can’t have Mr. Mercat. He’s mine. We’re coming up on 47 years. Wow. He just confirmed that “we’re a team.” But IMHO the secret is that he makes the important decisions. I keep a certain level of veto power but basically I don’t want the responsibility of making the decisions. Up until l999 I tried to control everything... shoot, even up to 2003. I failed. I discovered two people - Dr. Laura and Jesus Christ, not necessarily in that order. I’ve still got a long way to go but I discovered that I love letting go and letting God. I also discovered that he makes a much better parent and the kids (haha 35-40) do better with him than with me.
Also, as a trial attorney (now in recovery), I learned that the worst thing I can do in a personal relationship is use my skills to win the argument.