They say opposites attract but I don't agree!!! JJW song.....

[Cranky]

Was attracted to an opposite once and was dumb enough to marry her! That was my first marriage and well, it didn't last too many years. The next one was a major control freak and even though that one lasted a LOT of years, it shouldn't have but now I have one that's more like me! Not just like me but not a control freak either. I'm a bit on the trashy side and so is she and we're lovin it!!

 

[Don Frelier]

My wife and I are very different pretty much opposite.

Yes sometimes it makes it hard to communicate well.

But it's worth the occasional misunderstanding.
I wouldn't trade her for anything.

 

[MarPar]

Anuuder JJW classic...

 

[bandit67]

My favorites, "Opposites attract, but are hell to live with" along with "Never marry someone you think you can live with, only marry someone you think you can't live without.'.....from a guy who has had two good wives leave him...

 

[Hey-O]

Having a little of that opposite is the best in many ways. She stopped and I pulled or I'd stop and she pulled. Either way, we double checked and WE went forward, together. We've knocked a little polish off of each other over the years and I tell her everyday we're like peas and carrots, we belong together. I predicted all three of my brothers divorces before he married them. He thought he could change a few nasty habits they had. Some dogs are just born to be runners, he had two. The other never met a dollar she didn't enjoy letting loose of. That thing they have, that we want bad, can blind a man faster than playing by himself.

Theresa's family bought a house and stayed put. My family moved across the world. We split the middle and owned more homes than both families combined, all of them. Her family embraced me moving her forward along with me and my family embraced her pulling me back into check, along side of her. We don't even question horizontal or vertical anymore, we just know. I'll leave you with that or this could turn into a book. .......... JD, I'm glad for you and just finding each other is a great thing. No matter when it started, first inning or last inning, it's the end game that matters, you won, congrats!!!! .......... Ulli

 

[68BabyBlue]

I ran a psychological profile on my wife, back when I was administering them as part of my corporate job. She was a polar opposite of me across the board, but the differences in the graph created an almost perfectly level line. It worked out that way in real life, we've been married for 47 years.

 

[1967coronet]

I was 17 she was 20 , & damn good looking. Had her own place a job and could buy beer. Her brothers were all gear heads.
We have got along good enough to make
48 years this month.

 

[dadsbee]

Mine has an inny and I have an outty, we fit together just fine!

 

[Budnicks]

Men are from Mars & Women are from Venus

I've had both;
Hot ones that were almost polar opposites, but great in the sack
good to look at, show off to the guys not have a good discussion with
sort of weird to hang out with though, not a girl I'd "bring home to mom"
or hang out with my friends, not a long term deal, but fun while it lasted...
&
Then there's the ones that had pretty much the same morals/values
& politics as me, still hot & fun too, different hobbies are fine
but need the same values
the latter (values/politics) was/is far more compatible IMHFO'

Lisa loved animals, kids, rodeo, horses (cutting & reining mainly or her barrel horses)
& dogs, specifically my dogs (they need to like dogs or I won't deal with them),
she liked football, we had a lot of parties
She tolerated golf/but was pretty good, she tolerated me hunting, she didn't get it
& she was a good shooter
she liked 4x4s/Trucks especially & some cars/tolerated my racing,
seemed to enjoy herself when she went to races, didn't make me uncomfortable,
she loved 4x4s & four wheeling out in the sticks/mud or camping
& she loved her *Toyota Turbo Supra's...
*she had several over the years
I loved football, had a bunch of football buddies,
we'd still have weekly MNF parties, after we got together
whether it was football season or not, then golf/I love'd it, took a lot of time too...
I loved my houses, the racecars, drag cars, street/strip cars/muscle cars,
4x4s/trucks & Jeeps, bikes & quads, even trailers for a while there,
spent enough on them & time too...
She never gave me crap about it...
I never spent any of the family/house $$, I never spent $$ I didn't have...

Many cars/trucks, I bought, cleaned/fixed up, & sold to fund my racing habits...
I loved the Dogs & my animals/livestock chicken ducks pigs goats horses cattle,
especially my bulls, they were more pets, & the kids, can't forget them ...
She'd travel with me for races a lot, I know she was bored a lot too
she did associate with a few of the people we knew so it wasn't too bad...
&
I'd drive/travel with her for her rodeos, use my truck/tow riggs
mostly out of safety, she'd go even if I didn't anyway...
& I enjoyed watching her, she was good, damn good
& she was towing with the old 73 Jeep Cj5 when I 1st met her...
The trailer & 2 horses, all her gear in it, weighed more than the Jeep...
I think we respected each others likes & hobbies,
tried to fit in, with each others friends/hobbies, get informed on it
so you could have an intelligent discussion when slack times at home
or at an event...

I don't think she really liked other women much, at all...
She was a head bartender at my Country Club/Golf course,
gated community we lived at/in...
She had only 1 real lady friend that wasn't a wife or girlfriend of my friends...
She was very social, she knew 'how to get along' & made good $$ in tips...
But;
She'd call a bunch of them women, 'catty or *******',
& she was pretty much spot on most the time...
She loved & got along with all 5 of my sister, my mom & aunts...

IMHFO you have to have some stuff in common or it's doomed...
Or people are miserable, they may stick with it, but they are really miserable...

I miss her every dang day, now going on 20 some years...
Had a few great GFs, before & after, but none like her...
Never thought I'd ever be that type...
She had me wrapped around her finger/or size 2-4 waist...

 

[68BabyBlue]

Bud, you were one incredibly lucky dude. If there is any logic to the universe, I hope you see her again in another place…

 

[Hey-O]

Bud, you were one incredibly lucky dude. If there is any logic to the universe, I hope you see her again in another place…

X2, it ain't over till it's over, and it ain't over!!

 

[Cranky]

Well, my first wife was soooo opposite and really didn't like cars or 'high performance' driving.....drag racing wasn't even on her mind or thoughts and if I even hinted that I was going to drag race someone on the street, she came unglued. If I just joked about it and gave the car a bit of gas beside another performance car, she came unglued. Cars to her were and still are nothing but a means to get from point A to point B.....(yes, we still talk) and when she washed her car (which happened very seldom after we were married) she didn't clean the tires or wheels because they were on the ground and were supposed to be dirty. I didn't know that was how she thought until after we were married. My bad you could say. Second wife, I could write a book about but my third wife....we are soooo happy to have each other and are so alike! After 7 years of being divorced I'm soooo glad to have met her! She likes her cars to be clean and likes to go fast too LOL but that's not all that we like about each other! I'm happy and she is too....

 

[davek]

Im glad its working out for you two Cranky.

 

[Hey-O]

Well, my first wife was soooo opposite and really didn't like cars or 'high performance' driving.....drag racing wasn't even on her mind or thoughts and if I even hinted that I was going to drag race someone on the street, she came unglued. If I just joked about it and gave the car a bit of gas beside another performance car, she came unglued. Cars to her were and still are nothing but a means to get from point A to point B.....(yes, we still talk) and when she washed her car (which happened very seldom after we were married) she didn't clean the tires or wheels because they were on the ground and were supposed to be dirty. I didn't know that was how she thought until after we were married. My bad you could say. Second wife, I could write a book about but my third wife....we are soooo happy to have each other and are so alike! After 7 years of being divorced I'm soooo glad to have met her! She likes her cars to be clean and likes to go fast too LOL but that's not all that we like about each other! I'm happy and she is too....

My wife was never into cars, but I was driving a 67 340 Dart, restored, when we met. I've always had a toy and my hopes of including everyone was the reason for the creation of my first lake house. I traded a car for a go fast boat, that I enjoyed more than the rest, but they definitely enjoyed the great times we had. Cars are my joy, but not my whole life. My wife learned early on that life is a trade off. The family got what they wanted and I was never without a way to go fast and enjoy the sweet smell of gas. I only do one car at a time, even when I had the room for more. I could never have or keep all that I wanted, so I built one, drove it for awhile, sold it and moved on to the next. Worked for me and most importantly, my family.

 

[Cranky]

My wife was never into cars, but I was driving a 67 340 Dart, restored, when we met. I've always had a toy and my hopes of including everyone was the reason for the creation of my first lake house. I traded a car for a go fast boat, that I enjoyed more than the rest, but they definitely enjoyed the great times we had. Cars are my joy, but not my whole life. My wife learned early on that life is a trade off. The family got what they wanted and I was never without a way to go fast and enjoy the sweet smell of gas. I only do one car at a time, even when I had the room for more. I could never have or keep all that I wanted, so I built one, drove it for awhile, sold it and moved on to the next. Worked for me and most importantly, my family.

Cars were never my whole life....my X liked cars too though so they were a decent part of our lives. The main problem with my last marriage is that my wife wanted full control over me and put me last in everything. Even her friends came first and well....she got tired of me real fast when I started saying 'no' to some of the stuff she wanted that I knew would only cause more grief for me.

 

[Coelacanth]

"Opposites attract" these days has new relevance. Opposing genitalia are essential.