Opposites atract each other... or not...

[OzzyKP]

My best relationship was with a girl I had very little in common with. In spite of that we understood each other very well and connected. We were together a year and a half.

Sadly the fact we had little in common was our undoing as she was adamant about only marrying Jewish guys and I am not Jewish. So our relationship had no future and ended when she went to study in France for a semester.

So blame the Jews, blame the French, blame our lack of commonality.

[Skanky Burns]

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
Not even your engagement?

She cheated on me 7 weeks ago.
Which is also the last time I spoke to her.

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Starchild
A month? I'd be estatic to manage to see someone for as long as that.

My record is 4 months now...woo!

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Skanky Burns
She cheated on me 7 weeks ago.
Which is also the last time I spoke to her.

Sorry to hear that. Same thing just happened to a good friend of mine.

[Bosh]

When you observe other relationships from friends and such, there seems also to be some sort of 100% harmony, everything in common, close to non differences.

There's a massive difference between harmony and having a lot of things in common. The first is probably a hell of a lot better, its a lot more important to not get on each other's nerves on a daily basis than both enjoy playing handball while dressed up as ostriches or whatever.

My best relationship was with a girl I had very little in common with. In spite of that we understood each other very well and connected. We were together a year and a half.

Exactly

[Japher]

My experience: You need to have similarities in the underlying values of a relationship such as finances, what is love, commitment, future sight, etc... Yet, everything else can be as different as possible, and generally the more there is that is the different the more exciting life will be because of it.

When I met my wife she was a hypie liberal, yet we both believe in following our dreams, trying new things, and managing money well. Now, she is a hypie conservative (because of me) and I am more open with certain social issues that I wouldn' of been when we first met... We still chase those dreams, try new things, and manage our money well... Relationships need to be stable/secure yet exciting. The things we feel are required to make us secure are the same, and that is all that matter.

[Kidlicious]

It's natural to be attracted to your opposites, especially when you are young. Unfortunately those relationships don't last long. I think it's best to make a trade off.