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I think that we are kind of like a lichen... a symbiosis between algae and fungus. They need one another to live.

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Nina, I have to admit that when I first read your above quote my immediate reaction was

My first thought was, "Yeah! They suck the life out of each other!" So... I looked it up in the dictionary. This is what I found:

Symbiosis
1 : the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms
2 : the intimate living together of two dissimilar organisms in a mutually beneficial relationship ; especially : MUTUALISM
3 : a cooperative relationship (as between two persons or groups) <the symbiosis... between the resident population and the immigrants -- John Geipel>

I was wrong, wasn't I?? Hmm... it's my week for eating crow... but that's okay. I've never denied that there is ALWAYS room for growth.

Perhaps it's been past relationships or my own reaction to certain relationships that gave me the wrong impression of what the word Symbiosis means.

Perhaps it's the fact that this symbiotic relationship encrusts itself on an object. I'm not sure. You have certainly given me food for thought! ... ... ... I'll be back!