Yup, and it's one of those romantic ideals that supposedly independent women seem to fall into way too often. Like Tara breaking up with her boyfriend because he "likes physics more than her" and would "never spend time with her." Ugh.

Lol. And yeah, I totally agree about healthy relationships being able to support both people as individuals.

I mean, sometimes it can be really taxing, when one partner has a really all-consuming task, and you do have to learn to balance things, but it shouldn't be a matter of 'giving up' your own life for the other person. Which is what women do all the fucking time...

Well, I meant the latter, but probably both, with different types of women under different circumstances.