Just try pointing out that a relationship witha creature that cannot challenge you, that does not make you slog daily through the necessary compromise, debate, and occasional pitched battle, might be something less than deep and nuanced, and see where it gets you.
Anyone witha chronic illness should not have to make this choice as they compromise their health, savings and undoubtedly decrease their quality of life.
But James Robbins agreed with me that the political pressures now on the German Chancellor do not necessarily makea Franco-German compromise harder to reach.