''A lot of people think that there is someone out there that is the right life partner, the person who is made for them. Always chasing after an impossible dream because the ''right partner'' simply does not exist. There are potential partners who are better than others certainly, but the trouble is that if you are convinced there is a perfect partner you are not going to be looking for a good partner.

The result is either that you never settle down with anyone or youin a permanent state of discontent with the person you do pick. Instead of working with a good partner to make a good life together, you reject what you have because you haven't got the perfect partner.

The perfect partner of course comes with a ready-made perfect life which requires no work from you at all''

Mark Foster ''Secrets of productive people''