Opposites attract?

[ntb60]

So here's a question for you. My relationships' real messed up right now and my girlfriend and I are complete opposites. We are so different but still have a lot in common. But do you think that its best to be opposites or is it better to be more alike? And by problems I mean [This isn't me with her (http://g.myspace.com/00051/25/53/51963552_l.jpg)
So yeah. Let me know.

[Signals Corrupted]

you two look just fine together. unless, of course, your girlfriend is indeed, the one in the blue, and you're the one with the bare shoulder.

yeah but in my case, opposites do attract, you see because im ugly and i usually get fairly hot girls. :lol2:

[LostInTheCrowd]

yeah but in my case, opposites do attract, you see because im ugly and i usually get fairly hot girls. :lol2:

Me too.

Anyways. I think its better to be opposites because if you're both the same you'll run out of things to talk about. I think in a relationship its fun to keep the other one guessing. Otherwise it gets boring.

[sleepygrlgreen]

Things like values, ideals, the way you feel towards family, etc....things like that, you should have in common with the person that you're in a relationship with. Other crap like tv shows, favorite band, type of clothing you wear....that's all trivial and shouldn't matter. It all of course depends on the people though.

[__Deformative.]

My girlfriend and I are complete opposites, but yet we don't clash at all.

And, whoever said they look fine together, I don't think that was him hugging his woman in the picture. It was some other d00d.

[FallingOut]

Its a proven scientific fact the whole opposites attract thing is completely wrong, and never works out in the long run. Its exciting at first, but long term it doesnt work.

[aminorthreat55]

Things like values, ideals, the way you feel towards family, etc....things like that, you should have in common with the person that you're in a relationship with. Other crap like tv shows, favorite band, type of clothing you wear....that's all trivial and shouldn't matter. It all of course depends on the people though.
Absolutely. Thats why my ex-girlfriend and I clicked so well. But as far as the trivial stuff, we were completely different. We just had such similar values and feelings about how a relationship should be and it worked great for so long, then college happened, but thats a different story.

[sleepygrlgreen]

Yeah, college and long distance can really put a number on a relationship. It's unfortunate, but ...there's not too much you can do about it.

[Mercy Medical]

My ex and I are completely opposites, but we really liked those differences (at least at first).

Things for us are really weird right now, I think she's looking for someone that has more of the same interests as her (at least that's what she's found in some other guy), but for some reason in some way she always comes back to me.

[mylkhead]

Opposites dont always work. I find it incredibley cool that my girlfriend and I like the same music. Except she's opposite in that she's trying to be an elementary teach and i am an artist/designer. We have morals and relationship stuff in common and all that.

[Bishop]

Me and my old gf were pretty opposite, she was loud all the time, I was fairly quiet, she liked rap (the bad kind) and you all know the stuff that I like, but man we clicked in bed. A lot...

[sleepygrlgreen]

Ah, if only good sex foreshadowed a loving, lasting relationship...

[Louise Heng]

my ex and I had similar beliefs, values, and morals for the most part. we definitely had similar tastes in music though, because I met him through a show he played. he was my bestfriend before we started dating and he's still one of my bestfriends right now. but the way he dressed, acted etc. we were almost completely different! he was the shyest person around others, he was really indie looking and I was more preppy, he came from a small canadian-for-23827148-generations family.... i think that if you really want to, you can overcome differences (to a certain extent).

but long distance relationships suck hardcore.

[punklet2101]

It really depends on the people...

[line]

yeah, I'm hearing the whole 'opposites attract' thing a lot, just because I go to a prep school (sigh) and listen to predominately rock and I quote: "you tend to be drawn to kind of...alternative guys" (my best friend.) So yeah.

[sleepygrlgreen]

for the most part (again, trivial crap like music and tv shows doesn't apply), the whole opposites attract theory only works in chemistry.

[vikingstrike182]

From my experience, opposites are the best. You always have someone that compliments all of your traits. I have been in my current relationship for over two years, and we are complete opposites and it works awesome. Sometimes you run into problems, but if it is meant to work out then it will work out. But I say, opposites rock!

[apoemtothedead]

[Pulls out magnets] Yep, it works.

[organizedchaos]

I have to say, the opposites thing is fantastic. My boyfriend and I are complete and total opposites, he's shy, moderate, highly intelligent and studying to be an engineer, and I'm the rather loud and outspoken, far left, also intelligent but mathmatically challenged one and we get along perfectly. All of our traits compliment each others which makes it really nice and gives us tons to talk about.

[Lueda Alia]

Its a proven scientific fact the whole opposites attract thing is completely wrong, and never works out in the long run. Its exciting at first, but long term it doesnt work.

I agree.

[vikingstrike182]

Its a proven scientific fact the whole opposites attract thing is completely wrong, and never works out in the long run. Its exciting at first, but long term it doesnt work.
Then I guess science is wrong because my parents are complete opposites for the most part. Plus, how can science prove love? That's the dumbest thing I have ever heard.

[Elixie]

Let's check astrology !
No seriously, being opposite is better. Then you can learn things, you can be more tolerant, and it's less boring. It's just a problem if you can't stand your differences at the end.

[vikingstrike182]

God, if I was in a relationship with someone exactly like myself I would have killed them long ago.