Esther wrote:

SNIP

> The real trick is choosing someone who will take some interest in
> your interests just because they are _your_ interests, and reciprocating
> with her interests.

Esther's right of course.  One of the other ways is to find some common
interest that links your separate ones together.  One that works for us is
that her family, including her 7 brothers, are not "handy".  She would
like our kids to learn that skill.  My family does not, until recently
this included me, have an appreciation for history.  I would like the kids
to have that.  Old tools is one way of combining those interests.  I also
get some tools :-).

Thanks for the welcome everyone.
Jim