Haha. I wouldn't call it mastering. Maybe I will meet a nice man some day but I no longer believe in M being the be-all, end-all. It's hard to believe that when you have been in our sitches. It's a great fantasy to think that you meet this one person and everything is golden from that point on but that is not reality.
I agree, the one who wants the D should not think they automatically get everything in the D. My H wants the house and no settlement, lickety split. He is adamant about that, too.