A Balanced Relationship?

Night and day, yin and yang, protons and electrons - the symmetry of life is unending.

And, I believe, symmetry probes into the fibre of every relationship as well. It is a two way process, a give and take, expectations ...and disappointment?
Having definitely pondered over this more than just a few times, I feel that the expectations in a relationship lead to disappointment in one. The Eagles depict this aptly in their song Hole In The World, singing that 'anger is just love disappointed.'
The standard expectation, in any relationship, I feel, finds its roots in Christianity's No.1 commandment, 'Love thy neighbour as thyself', do to others what you would want them to do unto you, and of course, expect others to do for you what you would do for them. This crucial juncture is where the path divides, the expectations soar and the disappointments dive exponentially.
Situation? Where you would do something for the other in a heartbeat, but for them, the very consent of the deed is a struggle, and the follow through, a lost cause.

Disappointing? Most definitely!

Status? Hopeless!

Balanced? Hardly!

Mantra? Life goes on.