Marrige and person's growth

Мне стыдно, что носители английского языка не пришли сюда, чтобы исправить твою заметку... поэтому я исправлю ее :)

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An Englishman said to me lately recently, that within the first few years after a wedding, people "live in each other's pocket" — they can't be separated by any means. However, such a lifestyle stunts individual growth.

As we all know, a person's emotional and intellectual growth is of high value in our enlightened cultured society.

Consequently, if a marriage relationship between spouses prevents either spouse from deVeloping theIR personality (which it does according to the Englishman), we should seek opportunities to develop our personality, and accept that each person can have their own interests and goals, which they can keep secret if desired.

Where is the line AT which your focus on your personality turns into coolness towards loved ones?

While I was in London, I stayed with a typical English family.

They were pleasant with each other, while conversing in the evenings.

When I noticed the wife had been absent for some days (she had left for Italy, as I learned later. (Если это на русский переводится "как я узнала позже" - то употребляйте "learn" вместо "know" - наборот, вы тоже можете сказать "as I found out later", и эта фраза подходит к разговорной речи :) Вот и примеры, которыми вы сможете пользоваться.)

"I found out that our work day begins later than usual."

"As I found out later, huge traffic jams plague my dream city."

"When I found out later about an accident, I was scared to travel in the city. But I relaxed and walked through the city. It was not too bad."

"I make this dish (блюдо) exactly as I learned from my friend."

— and asked her husband about her return date about the day she was going to return, he said: 

"On either Monday or Wednesday, I'm not so sure." He was not even(лучше ставить "еven" перед глаголом) going to join her or pick her up (1) at the airport. It is quite over the top, isn't it? (It is quite overboard, if you ask me. 

1. pick up somebody = To meet someone in an airport, at a train station, etc. 

                             "My dear friend Anna is flying in from Moscow. I am going to pick her up from the airport in two hours."

"John went to school some hours ago, now I need to pick him up."

А вот это сленг, который мы часто говорим в неформальном контексте.

"James Bond is quite the ladies man – he picks up all the cute girls."

"Dana clearly can't wait for the dance, where she might pick up some cute guys — she prays for a strong man with beautiful hazel eyes, and short black hair ;)" 

Это примерно так. Надеюсь, что вы получили удовольствие из этого исправления, и, что вам это пригодилось. :)

Всего доброго,

Эдуард