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Complementary Characters |
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| Great relationships are created when complementary characters meet. Ray | ||
| and I have such a relationship. | ||
| I love to read and Ray doesn't. He especially dislikes reading the instruction | ||
| manuals that accompany all his electronic toys. Ray, on the other hand, is very | ||
| mechanically and electronically inclined. I don't know my carburetor from a | ||
| sub-woofer. However, with our combined talents--me reading the instructions | ||
| and Ray doing the ...well, you know, "dirty work"--we can fix or figure out | ||
| how to work almost anything. | ||
| We have other complementary qualities. I love to cook and Ray likes to eat. | ||
| It is a pleasure to create culinary delights for someone who truly enjoys them. | ||
| I am fairly organized. Ray likes little piles--little piles of CDs, little piles of | ||
| floppies, little piles of paper all around his desk like a security blanket. I have | ||
| a fairly good memory and remember where I put things. And Ray, well he has | ||
| these little piles that hide the things he needs. | ||
| Over the past seven years I have discovered a new talent. I am a great | ||
| detective. I have to be because inevitably these questions come up: "Hon, do | ||
| you know where...are?" or "Poops, have you seen my...?" | ||
| I knew I had to change my strategy when, early in our courtship, I got a phone | ||
| call. | ||
| "I need those papers I got in the mail and I can't remember where I put them. | ||
| Do you know where they are?" | ||
| Ray sounded desperate so I promised to come right over to help search. In his | ||
| living room/office I looked around at his little piles (there were many more at that | ||
| time and some were not so little) and thought to myself 'now if I were Ray | ||
| in which little pile would I put these papers? Two minutes later I handed him | ||
| his papers. | ||
| Since then I have learned to think like Ray. If anything is lost I go into | ||
| 'Ray mode'. | ||
| "Honey, I can't find the camera. Do you know where I put it?" | ||
| Mmm let's see now. If I were Ray I would be working on my turbo in the | ||
| garage. I would get out my camera and take pictures of every angle of my | ||
| engine. I would plan to put the camera back, but be distracted by the dogs, go | ||
| outside to see what they are up to, go over to get the shovel to clean up after | ||
| them, put the camera...yes there it is on the wood pile. | ||
| "Here you go dear, here is your camera." | ||
| "Thanks, where did you find it? Oh yes, now I remember...the dogs." | ||
| When Ray misplaced his passport he again asked me to help locate it. | ||
| I suggested that he search every pocket on his luggage and in his jacket. | ||
| Unfortunately my intercontinental 'Ray mode' had not kicked in yet. He had | ||
| lost his passport between customs and the car rental booth at the Frankfurt | ||
| Airport in Germany and was calling me at home in the middle of the night. | ||
| I couldn't be of much assistance at that time, but since then I have been | ||
| working on my long distance ESP. Next time I will be prepared. | ||
| So over the years our relationship has evolved into a smooth running partner- | ||
| ship of compatible qualities. I mess up my computer and Ray fixes it. Ray hits | ||
| his thumb with a hammer and I kiss it better. Best of all we are not afraid to | ||
| laugh at ourselves when we get goofy. And getting goofy is the one quality | ||
| we both possess. | ||
| "What's that dear, you can't find that new song you just recorded?" | ||
| Sorry, I have to go now. Looks like it is time to put on my Sherlock Holmes cap. | ||
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