"If you were lucky, you might meet someone
who was exactly right for you. Not because
he was perfect or because you were, but because
your combined flaws were arranged in a way that
allowed two separate beings to hinge together."
Lisa Kleypas
Two options are available in reaction to discovering a friend's flaw: compassion on some level or a total disconnect based on fear. Individuals bury weaknesses and project strengths. When time is invested in each other, one eventually becomes comfortable to disclose.
Two people joining together are normally reacting to similarities. We glory in the sameness of appreciation for books or nature or theater. We view our parallels as positives in the calculation of deepening the bond. Weakness, the true test of relationship, is often buried far behind.
The test of love arrives as we drop our masks and show our wounds. When partners can identify with the risk and pain the other has endured, the two slide into union. Two will fail to deeply connect if there is a hidden divide.
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