Nov 24, 2008 01:44
"You know it's never fifty-fifty in a [relationship]. It's always seventy-thirty, or sixty-forty. Someone falls in love first. Someone puts someone else up on a pedestal. Someone works very hard to keep things rolling smoothly; someone else sails along for the ride." - Jodi Piccoult (Mercy)
It used to say marriage.
But really, when you think about it, how true is this?
I love the language she uses. This just makes sense.
Think of all of the people you know in relationships; all of the people you know that are in love.
Can it really ever be truly equal?