Please Please Me

Mutual gratification. There's more to it than that, I hope. Nevertheless this fact remains; a large part of any personal relationship has to do with giving some form of pleasure to another and receiving likewise in return. It certainly can be stated that a relationship without much reciprocal affection is usually pretty rocky, the lack of pleasure with one's partner can only be ignored for so long without serious repercussions. A relationship based only on pleasure is usually also doomed. What is the answer? Is there a question? "Thank you for pleasing me," has a somewhat selfish ring to it, but it should not. Thanks should always be given sincerely, and accepted graciously. Please and thank you.