I would hope my husband would also be my best-friend, partner, companion, through-out the rest of our lives, knowing and sharing our hopes, dreams and fears. Someone to share the great triumphs and joyous times with; to reminisce and remember the past with; to help overcome the bad times; and to be a strength through the sad times.

I think I have quite traditional values and apply these to my relationships, therefore whilst I strongly believe that a marriage is a true partnership. I do think males and females have different strengths and weaknesses, talents and abilities, and it is this that allows each to shine in different roles and situations and makes ‘the whole greater than the sum of the parts’.