Sparks you stated it a lot better than I did. That is exactly how our partnership was too, and how I feel an ideal partnership is. I just wanted to say I agree with every last word of your post. I would not do well with someone who had a set of expectations from me, thus I did not turn around have have set expectations from him.

I have found that living life in general that way is the best way to go. Going from day to day with a set of expectations only leads to disappointment and the inability to enjoy the "ride" so to speak. You get caught up in needing things to be a certain way and spend much of your time unhappy when it doesn't. This is something I have learned through personal experience.