Do opposites attract?

There's a lot of variables to attraction, sweety. Not just whether you are opposites or not.

I believe it all depends on the ppl, and tho someone may be a complete opposite in most areas there are also some commons somewhere or there wouldnt be the compatability. My man and I are pretty opposite in most areas, he was born and raised cowboy redneck, but also a biker, imagine that one, hehe I think I would have to say that is what attracted me to him. i was raised in the city NYC to be concise, and have pretty well been in many cities most of my life. Broadway plays, fancy dinners, museums, ballet. We tease eachother, I call him redneck, he calls me yankee and we both shake our heads and appreciate our differences. But we have many things in common too, we both love going on long rides on the harley,a day at the lake, kids at the park, we both love children and feel the more the merrier and we both love eachother.

not sure on that one I just know hubby and I grew to complement one another

Nice question.Makes me think and evaluate for a while! LOL, I can say that we have so much in common and that makes us become interested to each other at the very first moment that we met. Some of those are the following: My husband and I have both enjoy eating,watching TV,cooking( I do love to cook but I have a limited knowledge and he cooks everything with perfect taste)LOL,visiting exciting places, trying different food of different cultures,we both love camping and fishing and as far as finances is concern, our decision will always meet, we are both practical and we know what to prioritize and what to set aside, that is just some of our similarities. When I will think of our difference, the only thing that will come out in my mind is we both came from different culture/race, and this makes us appreciate our relationship better since we are learning from each other!

I do think that opposites attract, my hubby and I do have a lot in common, but at the same time we are both completely different in our likes and dislikes and to me it makes things interesting. If we both liked exactly the same things and both had exactly the same views about things then it would become boring very quickly. I am pretty shy in myself, but my hubby is not and so in certain situations he boosts my confidence and makes me able to do things that I would not normally do.

i dothink opposites can attract however that isnt the case with me and my partenr as were soo alike its freaky lol. hes basically like a male version of me its even got to a point were we can read each others minds and finish each others sentances its quite freaky lol.

Opposites can definately attract..My husband and I are two completely different ppl from completely different backgrounds but have been together for 10 yrs...What attracted us to each other...those differences really..Rather than meshing like with two ppl who are alike, our differences compliment each other and as he puts it, I make him reach for the stars and he keeps me grounded....

There is an old saying that says, "I liked you because we were the same, I love you because we are different." I think that it is the things that a couple has in common that strts the attraction. Then they fall in love with the difference that they see in the other and long for in themselves.

I don't necessarily agree that opposites attract or get along. I can't relate this to a s/o or boyfriend but sure can with both my grandmother and mother. Now they were very similar in personality and got along fine and dandy. Both were introverts, procrastinators, hated changed and preferred ruts and just plain not very motivated kind of people, especially my mother. I used to kid people saying I must have been switched at birth, since my personality was so opposite. In fact my mother often said my personality was more like my great-grandmother's and father's. Being so opposite was the main reason we never got along..I was always the motivated one, the doer, the responsible one, so it drove me out of my mind when I wanted to "shake things up" and get things going but my mother wouldn't want to do anything..she preferred her ruts. In fact she would often palm me off as an excuse for not doing something...like when I was fifteen I suggested to her that maybe we should move to a larger apt. It was my grandmother, mother and myself living together in a glorified studio apartment so got to feel very cramped..she gave me as the excuse that I was still in school and it would be hard to transfer into another school.. I wasn't suggesting a move to Nome Alaska, just a larger apt in the neighborhood or even building...then it was a case of after many, many years passing by that we were just plain being stuck here after many years as the rents skyrocketed out of control. An apt. my size would go for market value about $1,000 now If and when I ever do "find" someone, I would like the person to be very close to my personality, and someone who is "artistic" himself as only two artistic types understand each other I think-don't you?

Like poles repel and opposite poles attract each other. The attraction developed, which according to my view, through the things in common, do not last long and at some point of time the ego, in human takes the centre stage and there on problems branching problems. Might be not true in many cases, but this is hundred percent correct in case of mine. Any way friend, how do you feel now, have you recovered fully from your sickness. Please do take care. Happy mylotting.

I am not in a relationship at the moment but my last one was a definate opposites attract scenario. He was a very quiet plodding sort of person and also shy whereas I am a lively bubbly type of person who will strike up conversation with anybody and always on the go whereas he would sit and fall asleep in the evenings I would want to chat or do something. I suppose he slowed me down a bit and maybe I made him a little more sociable but for us it didn't work I began to get frustrated, I needed someone with a bit more get up and go in them. Lovely person but not for me. I don't think I have ever gone out with someone though that was the life and soul also so it is very difficult for me to judge on this one. Ellie :D

myhusband and I were total opposites. He was outgoing with a terrific sense of humor while I was an introvert with no real skill in humor. we complemented each other very well and he brought me out of my shell a lot. I am now a widow but am so glad I met him and married him as we made a complete pair..we did have a lot in common but in personalities we were polar opposites.he was an extrovert and I am introvert.

when i was little i do use magnet to play when the opposite meets the opposites it repels but when the opposite meets the nagative it attracts thats what i still believe till date.well base on the issue on ground my hubby is shy and cant talk much but for me am not that shy and i do ask alot of question to get more knowlege on what i dont know which my hubby would like to know but cant do it.for this we are opposite but atrreacted.

It depends on the person or the 'potential couple' in question, because each individual's situation is unique. You gave a perfect example re: a shy person and an outgoing person. However, a relationship is much more than that. For instance, a couple family values are totally different like one want (need to have children, but the other does not want any child. Yes, they are opposite but this could have the hottest love affair go cold. Also, a typical example is the idea that the woman becomes a house wife, while she is someone who is independent and believes she must work. Many at time people compromise values, moral, more, ect. for 'love' and fine a common ground, but how much of them can say they are truly happy and fulfill with their significant other?

My husband and I are as opposite as night and day. He would swear that we are alike, but that's far from the truth. What was it about him that was different, that attracted me to him, hum, it had to be the fact that he was funny, could joke easily. While I'm more of the serious type. I'm good with money, while he rather waste it on stuff. We keep each other stablized, we balance each other out.

may be mosty of the times. but in case of nature of peopel, i think its mainly same kinded people bind togetjher well. i am telling in friendship. but in relation may be the opposite type attracts more.

I know opposites attract as my husband and I have been married a long time. My husband is quiet and reserved and I'm very talkative and can be loud. I spend a lot of time on the telephone working and my husband avoids answering the telephone. We are night owls that enjoy reading, listening to music and television. I think its important to have some common interests.

Opposites do attract. My Husband and I are like night in day in so many ways, but we do have common ground with our morals, family values and what we want for our kids. We were raised both with parents that never believed in divorce, family is the most important, and hard working families. On the other hand I was the cheerleader and very social and he was shy with the same friends he still has to this day. We laugh so hard. He has no sense of style when it comes to clothes and I have always wanted to look good. He gets dirty and stinky and I love to smell good. Our kids come first. We have had obsitcles in different things, but now that we have been married for 7 years, but now together for 9 years we are made for each other. We compromise, but we both know where we stand also. He takes care of certain things and I the other. We about never fight, we laugh so hard and we work hard to do what we believe is important for our family. The thing that attracted us to each other was curiosity. He would show up at my job and never say anything and when I would try and talk to him he would always make sure he adjusted his hat and looked down. We are more different with different tallents, but we have also complimented each other. What he knows I don't, what I know he doesn't. We are two whole people that make one great person coming together. We were the most out of our friend couples that no one would ever expect to make it in life or together and we are now the most stable and most one of all of them that can communicate better than all of them. They don't get it how we have worked out but we are the most solid and still married, and happily to.

Hi winterose, I believe that opposites attract, at least that has been my experience. I have also noticed it in other people. Blessings.

As for me, it is hard to get on well with a guy who has few in common with me. I prefer the one who I can talk with.