On partners and "meeting all my needs"

We're having an interesting conversation on alt.poly that's been had before, but I wrote more in the thread than I usually do, and with snippy's permission, I'm reprinting some of the discussion under the cut (with some line breaks added to make it a bit more readable than my original post).

( On humans as social animals vs. expecting multiple partners to meet one's diverse needs )

c'mon, thumbs, you know how to twiddle

The Best Temp Job Ever is still the best, but for the last week or so,
they've had a project for me that takes away a lot of my goofing-off time,
which is really fine with me.

I saw the guy I'm going to Tokyo with today; he's pretty excited, as am I.
Even more so because I found out I don't have to navigate the travel
stuff myself -- we're going as a group with eleven other students and some
people from the program for which he's traveling. Yay for not having to
navigate what I've heard is a labrynthine public-transit system on my own!

Hey, firecat, any advice on boning up on essential Japanese
words/phrases/etc.?

Having mom here is wonderful. We had a D&D party on Saturday, and she was
Second-String Snack Wench. It was fun, and she kicked my ass at card
games. Then yesterday, we had a barbecue with loracs, dbubley, tracytreefrog, and someone who's not on LJ. It
was chilly but lovely, and my mom did her best to show my friends and
family where my eating disorders came from. Jeeze, she knows not to
foodcop ME, but sit a few diabetics around the picnic table, and all of a
sudden, she's C. Everett Koop!

Tonight, though? Chopped liver and knaedlach soup. She's forgiven.