Jacqui mentioned to her friend Lisa that she was planning to take a family camping trip in the summer. Lisa was initially surprised because she knew that Jacqui's husband and daughter hate camping, but Jacqui explained that the trip she was taking was with her parents and her sister. Lisa's mistake was based on interpreting "family" to specifically mean:

Family of procreation

Explanation:

Jacqui mentioned to her friend Lisa that she was planning to take a family camping trip in the summer. Lisa was initially surprised because she knew that Jacqui's husband and daughter hate camping, but Jacqui explained that the trip she was taking was with her parents and her sister. Lisa's mistake was based on interpreting "family" to specifically mean FAMILY OF PROCREATION

if interdependence implies a two-way dependence, and if each partner is equally dependent on the other for success, then there is an equal commitment to the making the partnership successful. the advantage is sustainability of the relationship, the disadvantage is that decisions are "democratic" and therefore may take longer to reach and more likely to be a compromise (which is not always the best solution). as the interdependence moves away from equality, the decisions become more influenced by the more independent partner. in the extreme the relationship becomes more dictatorial and more like "master-slave". generally the relationship has less commitment in both directions and is more likely to be temporary.

if one generalizes (and one shouldn't), equity partnerships, which is probably what is implied by interdependence, can be slow to progress or change but durable. the extreme alternative, independent-dependent partnerships tend to be efficient but more fragile.

hope this but you will have to site your own evidence. : )

i disagree that there is little difference between adult female development and adult male development. sociological studies comparing female and male pathways to adulthood, revelead that there are sustancial differences between them. particularly, female and male differ from timing of marriage, when they began to live with children and the likelihood of combining wife/husband and parent roles.