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A relationship can be a weakness if the antagonist finds a way to exploit it (or if one of the people in the relationship turns out to be an antagonist). On the other hand, relationships can also be sources of great strength. Would a hero be as willing to sacrifice so much, and put forth so much effort to save someone he doesn't really know? Wouldn't he be more likely to find that inner reserve of strength that he never knew he had if the life of his "One True Love" hung in the balance?
On another note, I think it's important for characters to have contradictions. A strict military type, who nonetheless lets his kids get away with anything. A neat freak, who has a messy office. These contradictions make characters more complex because you can no longer use a single word to describe them.
Michael
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"Don't imagine that the art of poetry is any simpler than the art of music, or that you can please the expert before you have spent at least as much effort on the art of verse as an average piano teacher spends on the art of music." - Ezra Pound
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