LIKE MARRIAGES, PLAYER PARTNERSHIPS COME IN A VARIETY OF FORMS AND COULD LEAVE EVEN THE MOST SEASONED TELENOVELA PRODUCER FROTHING AT THE MOUTH WITH THE AMOUNT OF DRAMA THAT REGULARLY ENSUED. DIVORCES WERE APLENTY, MANY FEELINGS WERE HURT AND EVEN MORE WORDS WERE EXCHANGED.

AT TIMES, TANDEMS ARE FORMED UNDER THE AUSPICES THAT A FORMER PARTNER WILL RECOVER FROM INJURY OR RETURN FROM A LUCRATIVE STINT PLAYING OVERSEAS, WHILE AT OTHER TIMES, YOU’LL SEE ARRANGEMENTS MADE MOMENTS BEFORE A MATCH, AND EVEN IF SUCCESSFUL THERE’S ALWAYS A HINT OF CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM MOVING FORWARD. BOTTOM LINE, IF YOU COULD AFFORD TO KEEP YOUR OPTIONS OPEN, YOU ALWAYS DID, CAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN, AS CEMENTING A LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIP COULD BE PREMATURE.

ULTIMATELY, WHAT EACH PAIRING SEEKS IS A WINNING CHEMISTRY WITH SKILL SETS THAT BEST COMPLEMENT ONE ANOTHER. IN TERMS OF PERSONALITIES, IT WAS COMMONLY KNOWN AMONG THE WOMEN THAT YOU HAD TO LIKE ONE ANOTHER TOO, SOMETHING LESS EMPHASIZED AMONG THE MEN WHEREIN EVEN THE MOST SUCCESSFUL PAIRINGS TOLERATED ONE ANOTHER SO LONG AS THEY WON.

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