Differences in age, money, status or experience can create hidden relationship power. The key question is whether the less powerful partner still has real voice and freedom.
Relationships are rarely perfectly equal in every resource.
One person earns more.
One owns the home.
One is older.
One has more education.
One speaks the local language.
One has citizenship.
One has a powerful family network.
Differences do not automatically make a relationship unhealthy.
Unexamined power can.
The rest of this guide goes beyond the headline idea. It takes you into the patterns, questions and practical decisions that help you apply this to your own relationship.
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