The final chapter offering a range of situations. Human beings being what we are, there is, of course, no recipe for "what works." The stories here are about "working it out" and/ or "making it work or not-work." The stories in this chapter support the two basic premises of this book: one, that this unique relationship is a lifelong bond that requires understanding and nurturing as a vital dimension of the quality of each woman’s life and two, that this relationship can change and mature as the women themselves change and mature.