You know the old saying "opposites attract". That may be true about magnetic poles or electrical charges, but my guess is that really does not hold true over the long term when it comes to relationships. Many people get into relationships initially because of a physical attraction, only to learn later that they are quite the opposite in how they think, what they enjoy, and how they live their life. This reality may not come early on in the relationship because it takes a while for people to open up and share, and it takes a while to recognize that that you have fundamental differences. With a little practice you can learn to identify certain character traits, mannerisms, and habits that come with a certain personality. I call them relationship types, and there are about perhaps twenty relationship types that you can learn to identify, such as the sports personality, the scrapbooking or hobby type, the wild and outgoing type, the rebelious type, the laid back type, and so on. In order to make a relationship work in the long term, I have found that matched types tend to stay together longer.
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