Opposites attract but what do you have in common with your spouse/S.O.?

[wishesuponastar]

we both enjoy going out to eat or cooking at home

Country music

Camping but nowadays I don't like using the tent much

 

[monorailsilver]

It's hard to say. I think we have grown to like things to do together.

Before we met, I still had my huffy 10 speed from 6th grade, it was blue. I was 22, he rode his bike all over and I bought a bike and we used to bike....then we had kids and tried with with the trailer but it wasn't the same. I'd love to do it again as would he but we can't leave from our house since it's all hills to get back to...yep lame excuse! We don't have a bike rack either and there are 5 of us now. If he and I said we were going alone we'd get some groans from the peanut gallery because they'd want to come too!

We both like to sit at the beach and do nothing.

We both vote the same way and generally believe in the same politically, he is a hair more one side then me.

Love Mexican food, when we met, I did not...hmm...I changed a lot for him!

We don't smoke and think it's nasty.

We like some of the same movies/shows but there are many we don't! He won't ever convert me to like Star Trek. I tolerate it now (Netflix) but once the episode is over it's off.

He still hates baseball (all sports) but tolerates going to Yankee games because our kids like to go. It took me about 10 years of marriage and 7 years of dating before I went back to a game!

He isn't overly fond of the mouse because it's $$$$ but he goes willingly and will request certain meals/rides.

It's almost hard to say, we have a lot in common that I can't think of but a lot we don't have in common which is fine.

 

[Hook326]

We both love to travel the same way (hotels, no camping, limited nature), our tastes with remodeling the house, level of cleanliness, & goals for the future. Also, we share a faith & political beliefs amongst other things.

 

[kimblebee]

First, and most important, we both love me..

Seriously though, we really don't have a lot in common..

We both need our alone time

We both like to eat

There's not a lot that we will sit and watch together. He is bending to my tastes more than I'll bend to his....although I have seen all Star Wars movies and have a standing date to go see all the rest of them from now til kingdom come

We don't have a ton in common, but we find enough to make it work.​

 

[firegurl]

DH and I basically grew up together. We met and became friends in 6th grade. We became friends because we had a lot in common. We do have a lot in common because we developed those tastes together. We were also raised in very similar families. We are both from large Italian families, both the oldest of 3 children, both have parents married 40+ years. Although we have very different personalities (he's a social butterfly and the life of every party, I'm a little more shy and pretty much dread socializing with new people) we tend to look at life in general the same way on a daily basis.

 

[Wendy31]

We've known each other since the 9th grade, & we were both raised similarly. Our 2 families have also known each other for years & get along well.

We have the same religious beliefs & tend to look at life the same way.

We're on the same side of the political spectrum & vote the same way - although I probably lean a little more toward the middle than he does.

We have the same basic parenting philosophies.

We both love the beach & want to move to Florida some day.

Our favorite color is blue.

There are many TV shows & movies we watch together.

We like the same music, for the most part.

We like the same styles & flavors of food - although he's more adventurous than I am & has more that he likes than I do.

Neither one of has ever smoked or would ever consider smoking.

We both like to travel. And, when we travel, we're compatible in how we travel & what kinds of accommodations we prefer.

We enjoy eating out.

We enjoy doing the same things most of the time.

He enjoys cooking, & I enjoy eating what he cooks.

We both have a soft spot for animals.

We have similar tastes when it comes to decorating.

We're both introverted & are content w/ just each other's company - although DH doesn't mind (or get anxious about) social gatherings like I do.

And, we both have the same bad habits.

We're best friends.

 

[flowergirl45]

We are both morning people, have similar values, and are not hugely outgoing.

 

[Lilacs4Me]

We are pretty much opposites except that we both have the exact same end goal:

To live with no regrets

We do what we can to help each other get to that goal. Everything else on the journey is negotiable, and that's probably why we are still together all these years later after meeting at age 14 and 15. He's the easy one, I'm the difficult one. At least on the surface. Under our initial impressions to people of him being the extroverted people-person and me being reserved and standoffish, he's stubborn and unbending as heck and I want people to be happy with me with as least conflict possible.

I totally love both of us for who we are to, and for, each other

 

[ronandannette]

The main and by far most important thing with us is that our values are the same. Our ideologies (political and religious) are the same and honestly, neither one of us would have married somebody who wasn't. Our life-goals and priorities are the same. Our confidence in each other is high - we make a very strong team.

That said, our personality styles are practically polar opposites and when it comes to preference on some of the day-to-day things others have mentioned, we're pretty far apart. We accommodate our differences with a simple practise - whoever cares most wins. It's way easier for one or the other of us to just give in, which we both do graciously in pretty equal measure. Compromise just means nobody's totally happy.

 

[adisneyaunt]

Different : morning versus an evening person
1 Loves to shop, other would avoid it
One is more Social
One LOVES Disney, one tolerates it for the other
Same/similar FAMILY values, politics, religion, believe that together we can/have met life and financial goals, always have each other's back thru illness/injury/ ups/down.
Blessed!

 

[MillauFr]

We are both civil engineers but she is more civil than I.

 

[luvmarypoppins]

Dh and I always laugh that we really dont have much in common.

We did grow up in the same town, went to the same high school and share the same faith.

We both are quiet.

I really cant think of too much. Our ds even have asked us this and dh says what we have in common is all three of you!

 

[Squirlz]

We kind of share a brain. We were finishing each others thoughts from day one. We have said the same thing at the same time more times than I can count. We think of the same things all the time. We truly read each other's minds. It's uncanny and not even surprising anymore.

Here's a small example; we were at a sports bar and a basketball game was on. There was a score and everybody cheered. I commented "Does anybody say Bravo anymore?" A minute later there was another score and we both yelled "HUZZAH!" I mean c'mon.

 

[PollyannaMom]

The main habit we share is reading a lot, though there are also a few TV shows we both watch.
We met as volunteers in a children's program, so there's that as well.
And we think a lot alike on financial matters, too.

(For the "opposites attract" part, I'm an introvert and he's a bit more of an extravert, he likes video games and I like crafty stuff, and I'm more of an early bird than he is.)

 

[Disneylover99]

We like the same music.

 

[Soldier's*Sweeties]

We have very opposite personalities but most our interests and deep rooted morals are the same:
We don't believe in divorce(we were/are a young couple and we both made that clear early on).
Harry Potter
Most TV shows
Being outdoors

Only thing I couldn't care less about is his motorcycle or anything regarding it.

 

[tvguy]

Our family
Baseball
Wine
Our work

Seeing that we both are 59 and have been married 35 years (and a couple for 37), we have spent over 60% of our lives together, we have been finishing each other's sentences for decades.

 

[Mizzoufan]

Traveling
Our love of all things Disney
Gambling
St. Louis Cardinals
TV shows

 

[Klayfish]

Working out/nutrition/fitness
Disney
Christmas decorating
Cooking (though we're severely limited by nutrition)
Love of sports
Home decorating (I admit I watch HGTV with her)
Hard headed
Stubborn
Strong willed
Passionate
Competitive
Old school
Compassionate
Sense of humor

 

[Liberty Belle]

We share almost identical political views.
We both like Irish folk music.
We were raised very similarly.
A lot of our holiday traditions from childhood are the same.
We share the same parenting/discipline philosophies for the most part (thank goodness!).
We are both very loyal and committed to our marriage (have ridden out the bad times).
We both love Disney World.
We both like camping/hiking.