Merrianne Dean:  

Life I grew up in an average family - not too dysfunctional, not the Cleavers either. I've been in 3 successful committed relationships, the first two ended because my partners and I had changed over time (well, actually we grew up and became different people) my current partner and I have been together since '93 and I can't imagine being with anyone else. When we had the opportunity to get married we did so - our anniversary is 8-8-08 and we were married by a Judge friend in Department 8 over in the El Cajon Courthouse (our friend swapped courtrooms with the Judge assigned to Dept. 8 at that time as a surprise to us.) We have a full life, enjoy our friends and family. We have fur-kids rather than human ones, but enjoy being "indulgent aunts". My mother lived the last 5 1/2 years of her life with us, in a granny-flat be had built over our garage. Mom was a delight for both of us, despite her health problems and we both miss her silly antics. Life is good, nothing terribly exciting going on, just a satisfying day-to-day. We both dive so we vacation underwater whenever possible. I dive locally in San Diego as often as possible, generally a dive on the weekend (either boat or shore) and a mid-week night dive at La Jolla Shores. Because I experience enough vicarious drama in my client's lives, I'...Expand for more