A coworker came up to me today and said what a good couple Diana and I made.

I agreed and thanked her, but since she's only seen Diana and I together only once or twice, asked her what made her think so. She said that she finds that a lot (perhaps a majority) of couples she sees always seem to be pairs of people at battle with each other. She commented that there always seems to be some sort of power struggle going on, and a snotty comment here or "joking" insult there can be really telling. Even just an offhand "see, I told you!" can indicate (she said) a sort of inherent competition, emphasizing a pervasive one-up-man-ship rather than mutual teamwork. She said that she didn’t get any of this from me and Diana, and that was a good thing. She said we were one of the good ones.

I thought this was a really nice comment. I'm forced to admit that I share in some of her observations and opinions (although I'm less willing to catagorize an entire relationship over a single instance of disagreement). However, in spite of the compliment, it's sort of a sad state of affairs when a (basically) stranger comments on how good a couple you are because neither one of you said something mean to each other in a span of 4 hours.

Anyhoo, just some thoughts from me.