I am married.

I am a married woman. I have a husband. In some way, this factors into everything I do and every decision I make because it should. We are partners.

There are aspects of my life that have nothing do with him. When I had a job, for instance. But even then he was with me. In my heart and mind. Ok, I never wrote a bug report or technical document with his opinion in mind. But like the ring on my finger, this aspect of my life is always there. Even when I am on my own, doing my own thing, expressing my own views.

And I’m proud of that.

And I respect it.