Not a day goes by when I don’t thank my lucky stars for meeting my husband — the one I believe (and hope!) I will be with for the rest of my life.
Yet, it’s crazy to reflect on how polar opposite we are on many levels. Here are some examples:
- I love sushi and trying different types of foods. He is an All-American meat and potatoes kinda guy.
- I love me some Facebook and Twitter. While he understands the point of it, he wants nothing to do with it. (I know, blasphemy!)
- I love live performances — especially musicals. For him to go see any form of Broadway-esque theater or even an orchestra, I would owe him big time. And he wouldn’t make promises to stay awake.
- While I’m no fashionista, I consider fashion when picking out clothing. When I met him, I almost didn’t date him because he had hideous straight-from-the-90’s all white tennis shoes. He could care less about fashion. I’ve had to really grow into thinking old sweatshirts and gym shorts are sexy. At least he cleans up good for work and date nights though!
- I have zero skills when it comes to numbers. He is an Excel/math/financial whiz. My mom literally had a sigh of relief when I told her the guy I was dating was studying accounting.
- I crave ‘newness’ all the time — I like to try new restaurants, places, and even meet new people. He could go to the same places over and over, with the same people, and be perfectly content. Thankfully he often caves in for me here — as long as it’s not sushi!
You may wonder how we even find common ground? Well, it’s simple: We share life philosophies and from day one we’ve agreed, or have been willing to meet in the middle, for the big issues — politics, religion, finances and family.
For all my sushi cravings, wanting to belt out Broadway tunes and fashion finding — I have great girlfriends, and I’m perfectly happy with that.
Is your significant other your polar opposite? If so, how are you different?
P.S. I hope after reading that headline the Paula Abdul song from the 90’s is now in your head. You’re welcome.
Cute photo!
Hubby and I have our differences: he does the numbers in our family: I do the spelling!
He’s more outgoing than me, but he’s helped me come out of my shell!
Really enjoyed reading about your differences, and how they really don’t matter in the grand scheme of things.
It’s hard to imagine you not being outgoing…You’re one of the warmest, friendliest bloggers I know! Glad Motor Man has brought you out of your shell 🙂
Hubby and I are very different in many ways but we definitely have managed to figure out what our values are in the most meaningful parts of our lives.
Cheers,
Char
http://1epicmom.com
Btw, I did think about Paula Abdul’s song as soon as I read the title!-)
Ha! Glad the song got stuck inside somebody’s head 😉
My husband and I are pretty different – we had very different childhoods and upbringing, different tastes in music, food, and interests. BUT, we are like you and your hubby – where it matters, we completely agree.
I guess if we were all alike it would be boring, eh?
HaHa! I’d say me and my hubs are about half and half. Half the time we agree and half the time we don’t. I love sports (like football and NASCAR throw in the occasional basketball, hockey, and baseball for good measure), he so doesn’t. Music? We agree to disagree, fairly often. Thanks to you I now have a new song stuck in my head and not the annoying one hubs has been humming for 2 days now that shall not be mentioned. =D
Haha, sorry ’bout that.
I love that YOU are the one to love sports, not him. Not everyday you hear that!
What, no sushi?! That’d be dang near a dealbreaker for me! (j/k…sort of, lol…) We get sushi practically weekly.
Honestly, though, it’s interesting to me that you and J are so different. With the exception of a few minor taste/decorating things and the fact that I like pleasure reading more than he does (well, and his tendency to prefer peanut-butter/chocolate desserts vs. my tendency toward fruity ones) I’d say Zach and I are damn similar in most everything. Big things and small things — food, sports, tv, movies, travel, politics, etc. Sometimes it makes me laugh out loud when we have the exact same reaction to something.
I’ve always heard that opposites attract, but maybe not for me, lol…like you said, what’s important is that you agree on the big things, and the small ones vary by couple! 🙂
I know! At least he’s tried sushi. I thought for sure he’d like the tempura ones, but no such luck. Oh well, more for me 😉
I can see where you and Zach are a lot alike – and it totally works for you! You know me – after I dated a few artsy fartsy types similar to me, I realized I could not marry that. It’s funny how life just points you in the direction you’re supposed to go.
And you’re right – the big issues are the ones that matter most…although it would be fun for J to shop and eat sushi with, I guess that’s just a good excuse for me to come visit you!
Love the picture!!
We’re night and day too… I think that if we were to much alike we would start to get annoyed with one another! But we do compromise on things so we can spend time together doing something fun (at least for one of us!).
That’s another major point I didn’t cover on here…compromise! So important to a marriage. Maybe that’s another post idea for down the road 😉
My husband is the same way about Twitter and Facebook. He will NEVER join and actually hates FB more than Twitter!