Hi Allie --

I read someplace (probably a supermarket tabloid, teehee -- meaning take this for the $.02 it may be worth) that a relationship goes through a phrase where the two people are pretty much glued to each other. This particular piece suggested it was the first year of marriage, as the couple negotiates the boundaries of the relationship -- then after that, they emerge into more frequent interactions with family, friends.

Seems to me that living together, etc., kind of throws the "first year of marriage" theory off -- but the bonding and negotiation period probably had to go on at some point.

I agree, though, that striving to maintain balance in one's life is probably desirable.