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In a long-term relationship, it is important to understand each other as a team.

Sure, there are ups and downs, that's part of it, and companionship involves work, on each other and with each other, because both often bring a heavy backpack of the past. 

But it's also important to understand each other, to be considerate and to strengthen each other - against the rest of the world. Because that other person brings so much to the table, shows different perspectives, looks at your own world from the outside, and in doing so shows so many lessons about yourself.