Opposite attract??

[Cookiebaker]

Interesting thread

DH & I are definitely opposites....

* He is QUIET, and me, not so much
* He doesn't enjoy being in a crowd of people, I love to go to get-togethers
* He is a saver, I was a spender (now I'm a saver, too)
* He's a PACKRAT I am NOT
* He's a workaholic (loves his Saturday morning to-do lists); I love to take it easy, and it gets done, when it gets done
* He's up and out of bed early, I love to sleep in
* He goes to bed early, I'll stay up 'til 11
* He doesn't listen to music, I have 300 music CD's in my collection

But, we are best of friends, hardly ever fight, very much in love, and enjoy our life together.

[CountryWolf07]

Opposites attract - I agree with that, 100%!

Mike and I have in common:
- Ohio State alumni's
- We both are short
- Family background (big, close grandparents, Irish/German/Italian heritage/religion/way we were raised/love of dogs & animals
- We're from Cleveland, OH
- Sense of humor
- We both have only 3-4 close friends and we don't mind it one bit.
- We both really enjoy watching movies, especially on a Friday night.
- We both have the same ideas of what we want in our life in the future - marriage, house, location, etc.


What we don't:
- He is in Welding Engineering and I am in Art/Graphic Design
- He likes trucks, cars, anything that runs with a motor and I don't really have much interest in those. He knows everything about cars/trucks/jeeps while I don't know anything.
- He loves to TALK to ANYBODY - He can go on and on and on while I'm the quiet one and I'm very reserved when I meet new people. I don't really talk a lot and to be honest, I'm not a good talker.
- He is very last minute about everything while I like to PLAN and be on time for things/events.
- He is a workaholic, and works at least 6 days a week. Sunday is really his day off to do what he wants. Me, well I don't have a job yet, but I am more relaxed about it.
- I look at life as "It's too short, and enjoy this moment of what we have and such" and he looks at "Don't worry, we still have tomorrow" - We talk about this quite a bit.
- He is a morning person and I'm a night person.
- He's hearing and I'm deaf.
- He is more "actions" than "words" and I'm the opposite. I say how I feel, I use words, while Mike just prefers to show me how he feels or do things for me.

There may be more of what we don't have in common than what we have in common, but it hasn't stopped us from being together.. it will be 3 years in January.

[DJFyrewolf36]

Well me and John have been together for 7 years and married for almost 6...we are so different yet so alike so I guess the mix works! I won't say things have been perfect but I think we have done a good job of not letting our bond be broken by cruddy situations and negative outside influences. We are great friends sometimes we do fail as "lovers" per se but I wouldn't trade what we have for the world.

I my hubby.

I'll have to post some of our differences later...I have to go to work now!

[sumbirdy]

This is a great thread and something I was just thinking about the other day. Me and John are very different.

*He's tall, I'm short
*He loves to talk, and I'm more on the quiet side
*When he gets the idea in his head to do something he just does it, while I have to give everything a bit of thought
*He works ALL the time, while I, with my part-time job, hardly work
*He's really into Football, and I don't like sports
*He likes to get out and do stuff, while I prefer to stay in

I'm crazy about him and we do have similarities, so our relationship works. I can't imagine being with anyone else.

[chocolatepuppy]

Hubby is a thinker, I am a do-er.
He is quiet, I talk too much.
He's a night person, I'm a morning person.

But in common, and I think a lot of this is important...
We have similiar beliefs in faith, politics, family values, same moral values.
We share our love of animals. Same football team.

But most important I think is that we believe in each other. We started dating in May 1974, married March 1976.