I've been going out with someone very different from me for most of this year. We click in so many ways. We have all the things in common like food, music, love of walks, baths and lazy Sundays. We both like the same sort of holidays by a lake or a quiet beach. Have the exact same sense of humour. Both enjoy the same sorts of films. We both are really balanced with our conversation. We can be very serious or very silly and we bounce of eachother. But we are completely different people.
He's smoked weed. Drank until he had to stop drinking as it was taking over. He used to fight when he was younger. He's done a range of things over the years as a job he's done management, banking and construction. He's moved up and down the country. He smokes. He swears more. He's got no self confidence where it probably should be but he comes across happy go lucky. Friendly and speaks to everyone. But also he will tell you exactly what he thinks and he's blunt. He can get moody and get wound up emotionally very quickly. He sees the good in people who have gone down bad roads and he is the sort to give those a chance. Offer them a cuppa or whatever. He is a hard worker and very strong minded. But he gets overwhelmed with forms and managing things in general.
Me on the other hand. I've always been sensible. I've drank alcohol. Never tried drugs but have tried someone else's weed. I've always been good with money. Kept out of trouble. Kept to myself. I've not struggled financially but just had what I needed. I'm friendly and chatty but innocent. I don't have drama around me. Not had any massive chaos in my life. Calm. Only get upset occasionally and can handle the stresses of life that he can't.
I sometimes sit there when he's telling me stories and think I'm so sheltered. We joke he's a rogue and I'm a goodie two shoes. But I do often wander why he's chosen me over a woman with more of a story.
Are you opposite to your partner?