as i said before me and hennie(thats her name)have been together since 1982. and 1 of the things that keep us together is our understanding of our own emotions. me being a son of an "italian" mother, i have to be aware of what that relationship was based on. Italian mothers have male children.........FOREVER!!!!!! you are a possession!!!!! to be there for her forever!!!!!! now this translates to male italian children as...........the same to any of their WIFES!!!! italian men dont get married, THEY TAKE PRISONERS!!!!!!!! so not being married to a woman, eliminates OWNERSHIP)))))))))))
now hennie, being a "flower child" of the 60's and lived it.........she is still that sensitive & free spirit. so without me having a paper to say... i "own" her, and we stay together for all the right reasons.))))))))))
i tell people we met if they call her my "wife", that we aint married and she is just stayin with me .........TILL SHE GETS A BETTER OFFER, you know how women are))))))))))))))))))))))))))))