Synergy

…..he was not a big thinker, thus she did all of his thinking for him. She was his intellectual avatar, in other words.  And he didn’t mind it one bit; in fact he liked this set-up–appreciated it greatly.  It took the pressure off him.  It didn’t force him into pretending that he was something he clearly was not.  Hence their relationship was exceedingly solid that way; their marriage was one of convenience, and I don’t say that in a pejorative sense either.  He provided the brawn and she provided the brains.  He was the muscle and she was the smarts.  He was the lever and she was the fulcrum.  It was a nice, cozy dynamic they had going on in their old-style household–a classically synergistic relationship, if you will–and this was probably the primary reason which had enabled the pair to be blissfully wed for untold years and counting…..