Do You Think That Opposites Attract?
By Sam
@sammyspam (374)
Australia
May 1, 2009 10:08pm CST
The age old question of whether opposites do or dont attract. I recently thought about my relationship, my girlfriend and I love eachother very much, but we are so different. She is a vegetarian and I work as a butcher, shes quiet and shy and im extremely outgoing. Yet we get along perfectly.
Whats your experience? Do you enjoy being the same? Or do you like being opposites?
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6 responses
@larish (2191)
• Philippines
2 May 09
I think your differences compliment the two of you. The "opposites attracts", came from the theory of a magnet, wherein to be able to fit them well, one should be in negative (-) while the other should be in positive(+), otherwise if they have the same sign, they will repel. My husband and I are also opposites. With music, he likes the metal, too rock music, while I prefer soft and love song. He loves computer games and troubleshooting PCs, I don't find it thrilling at all. I am an extrovert, I am a sales person while he tends to be at the backroom handling accounting (veryy introvert). What I am saying is that we may have a lot of indifferences but these thinga makes our relationship stronger. If I have a computer problem, he will solve it for me. If we are traveling and at a lost, I am the one to ask around for the right direction because I can approached people instantly. If you really love her, you try to focus on the good things that makes your relationship works.
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@sammyspam (374)
• Australia
2 May 09
Wow, it seems you and your husband are quite different indeed! You make so many good points though, if you have a problem he can easily help you because of that difference. If you liked the same things I think it would get very boring, at least since you like different things you each bring a different perspective to the table.
I do really love my girlfriend and the differences arent an issue at all, I believe they actually enhance the relationship like yours does.
Thanks for the in-depth response. 
@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
2 May 09
Opposites help round out our lives. Your girlfriend benefits from your being outgoing and her shyness probably quiets you down a bit. I think that if two people are too different it won't work but enough differences to be interesting and complementary to each others' personalities work very well.
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@sammyspam (374)
• Australia
2 May 09
Your completely right! Now that i think of it my girlfriend has become alot more outgoing and confident since being with me and I do quiet down from time to time. Shes even opened me up to vegetarian meals, something I was never interested in! A few small differences sure seem the way to go in any relationship.
Thanks for the wonderful response. 
@rosesthorns14 (803)
• Philippines
3 May 09
You get along perfectly together, that means you two both have some things in common. Opposites attract when they share similar things in common, but sometimes they don't, because of their incompatibility with their partners depending on the situation.
I like being with an opposite partner. I've grown to love him for what and who he is, despite his imperfections.
@iceblade007 (232)
• Philippines
2 May 09
Well, not all the time. Me and girl are not really that opposite in terms of what we like but we love each other like we've been soul mates/bestfriend. I think it still depends on the couple whether what kind of relationship they will go into.
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@sammyspam (374)
• Australia
2 May 09
I agree I think some couples are good at being opposites while some people prefer to be with people like them.
@coolmailpankaj (338)
• India
2 May 09
Hi.
It has nothing to do with your likes or dislikes. Opposites don't attract at times and at times it does. There is no fixed theory about it in case of relationships. I am not in a relationship right now.
@sammyspam (374)
• Australia
2 May 09
Thats true, it might vary from person to person and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesnt.
@janiceines (799)
• Singapore
2 May 09
this is just a joke from my friend:
fat people always attract to a skinny people, do you know why?
after they marriage, they children will be just right, not fat, not thin
