How opposite are you and your mate?

sharona97, BSN, RN · Feb 20, 2008

Lots of love, what a concept! Sounds like ya have a keeper!

beachbum3 · Feb 23, 2008

We are very much alike, but still different in some ways. We both like the same things- travel, cooking/trying new restaurants and foods, beaches (both grew up in FL) and all things beach related, we want the same things in life, share the same sense of humor etc.

He is an exec, but when I met him was an overnight security guard at a downtown hotel just out of the military and figuring out what to do next. I was an assistant for the engineering dept at the same hotel- handling the budgets, accounting for the dept, purchasing etc. Now I'm going to be a nurse in a couple more months.

He likes cars, motorcycles, boats, Formula 1 racing, motorcycle racing. I've grown to enjoy F1 and have always liked boats. And most of my interests he likes too.

We sometimes see things differently, he is more critical and judgmental than I am. I'm less critical, more forgiving (to a fault). I am a planner, he is not. I am more emotional, he isn't unless he is mad/annoyed. We are both impatient, but with different things. Our parenting styles are different, but we've come to a more middle ground. We've both struggled with finding balance between work and personal life, but in opposite ways. He was always work 1st, family second, and I was the opposite. Now we are at a more middle ground with that also.

It works for us!

SaraO'Hara · Feb 29, 2008

I'm almost finished with LVN school, love to read (Vonnegut, history, etc), collect antique photographs and medical paraphernalia, and Catholic.

My husband is a computer programmer, agnostic, reads books on natural history, and likes documentaries.

We're both unconventional and willing to try new things / see the other's viewpoint for a while, which I think helps.

It does get interesting when he comes to bed at 0430 after a night of intense programming... right when I'm getting up to drive to clinical :nurse: