<h1 style="text-align: center;">I feel more emotionally mature than my partner</h1>
In many instances in a relationship, we can feel that one of us is more emotionally mature than the other person. In couple's therapy, we actually get that a lot. One of the partners seems more stable and has his s**t together while the other seems distraught and unbalanced. This can last for many years where one partner takes care of the other on numerous aspects of the relationship.
<h2>Typical examples of different levels of maturity</h2>
<h4>Case #1: The organizer and disorganized couple</h4>
Partner one is really organized. So much that they do and plan everything from the cooking to the cleaning and getting the kids ready. They make all the appointments and get's everyone lined up with their schedule. They are balanced and always ready to serve others. They have little time for themselves, but that is okay because they don't need it. They are made strong and they impress their friends and family with the devotion and motivation to do it all.

Their partner, on the other hand, is always forgetting things and getting mixed up. They don't really know what to do with the kids or organize any type of social gathering. They are social people and can be the life of the party, but when it comes to planing they are nowhere to be seen. When they do try to help out or plan something, it tends to be a disappointment. They can also be needy towards their partner when it comes to sex and they tend to want it a lot.

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<h4>Case #2: The rational and emotional partners</h4>
One partner is extremely emotional and the other is rational. One is frequently calm and zen while the other one cannot manage their emotions. The emotional partner wants the other to open up about their feelings and talk about themselves so they can share intimacy together. The rational one feels the partner is a minefield of frustrations, sadness, and warmth all at the same time. They always feel like they are walking on eggshells and they are not unhappy with the relationship except for their emotionally unstable partner.

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<h4>Case #3: The sex craving and the prude</h4>
One partner is really open about sex and the other is more prudish. They can't seem to find a common ground on what each of them wants in sex. One is very curious and adventurous as they want to try lots of things in sex such as positions and practices to playing with sex toys. The more prudish partner is considered shy or stuck up. They like emotional and romantic sex and not much else. The open partner is always ready for sex at any given time and any opportunity that their spouse is potentially willing to have sex they will jump on it.

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