to do with money, sexuality, shameful events, or even any conceivable threat to one’s partner—is counterproductive. Partners in a relationship based on mutuality agree they will feel safer and more secure if they fully know each other. Their goal is for both to be themselves within the relationship. Even if this is not possible in the outside world, they can be who they truly are with each other. They completely avail themselves to one another and grant permission to share whatever is on their mind, without reservation. In this sense, they have in each other a mind to know mine. And they agree
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