If you have a SO, is their personality much like yours?

[LaraMN]

Some of my friends have partners who are like opposite-gendered versions of themselves. My husband is pretty much the opposite of me; really mellow, not particularly talkative, very mathematical-brained, and far more restrained and conservative. I don't think I could STAND being with someone much like me; it would proabably be horrendously volatile.

How 'bout you? What's your dynamic like?

[WindRavenX]

1. Kyle is like the male version of me, but a bit quieter

I grew up in NJ, he grew up in UT, so I guess that's expected.

[skygazer]

2. Very different in some ways, similar in others

We have a lot of the same likes and dislikes but as far as personality goes, we're a lot different. I'm very logical, analytical, practical and he's not any of those things. My idea of a daydream is to imagine something that could conceivably happen - his is to imagine the most impossible thing imaginable.

We balance each other. I make him look at things a little more seriously and he makes me see the lighter side of life. I think we have a very good yin and yang for the most part.

[bicentennial_baby]

3. Pretty much identical, with slight variation

Sometimes, it's frightening! :o

[NewWaveChick1981]

4. I used to think my husband and I were more alike than we really are.

I think part of that is a gradual personality change over the years. He's a freelance graphic artist---quiet, brooding, moody, and pretty self-centered. (Yes, I know not all graphic artists are that way. :) ) I'm more outgoing, adventurous, and laid back. We're both liberals and Dems, but he's closer to being a centrist than I will ever be.

[SteppingRazor]

5. Similar in some ways, different in others.

We're both very extroverted and outgoing, but she's very orderly, makes lists of what she has to do, and all that. And I, on the other hand, am ... um ... somewhat less so. To say the least.

[texas1928]

6. My wife is a yacker.

I am quiet. She is happy, and laughs a lot. I am an old bear, and laugh only when there is something to really laugh at.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

7. we are both pretty mellow, but lisa is mellower than me

i am much more assertive than her.

i think lisa is a better version of me...with some variation

[NightWatcher]

8. we were opposites, now we are divorced

that "opposites attract thing" is bull

[av8rdave]

9. We are not remotely alike

[SKKY]

10. If I my wife and I were like eachother, our marriage never would...

...have lasted this long. I'm probably more like your husband, without the mathematical-brained, conservative part. If I were like her, there is no doubt we would leave large craters where our "arguments" took place.

[AlCzervik]

11. alike i some ways different in others.

he is loud or as he likes to describe himself "Highly audible" and i'm not, he really likes people, me--meh. I love to read and he reads for "Informational purposes only in magazine form".

[HERVEPA]

12. Nope. Same true of my ex.

[ThomCat]

13. Not at all.

We're pretty radically different. :)

[SarahB]

14. We're pretty similar.

We both are outgoing and friendly, but we need our own individual time to recharge. We're both a little neurotic at times and we can understand and respect the other through those times to bring out the best in each other. I'm definitely more talkative in private (especially during movies), but overall we can think similarly enough to understand the other one better than we understand ourselves sometimes. I can fly off the handle more easily than he can and for that difference, I'm kind of happy. :D

My ex-husband was very different from me. He's not a terrible person, but we would think about things so differently that we didn't "get" one another on a very core level. I don't think people have to be exactly the same as their partner (no one is), but both people have to understand and respect the other person's differences. If that doesn't happen (or you have someone constantly talking you out of how you feel or telling you how they think you should feel), it won't work.

[LeftyMom]

15. Oh, we disagree about everything. Haven't you all noticed?

:P

[Eurobabe]

16. My husband and I are alot alike, we butt heads

but it has made life interesting for 15 years. I'd do it again in a heartbeat. :bounce:

[kwassa]

17. yes and no

interests and values are the same.

Similar personalities, but I am more restrained. We are very, very similar, though.

[bigwillq]

18. Pretty much

We each other some different interests but for the most part we are similar

[Parche]

19. SO What?

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :hi:

[Shell Beau]

20. My husband and I have the same sense of humor and are

both really laidback, but we are different in other aspects!

[no name no slogan]

21. She's an INTP, I'm an INFP

The good: we're both introverts, and can't really stand crowds. In fact, on our first date, at a crowded restaurant, we both said "let's go wait outside" at the same time. Right then, I knew that we'd fit together well.

The bad: she's much more reserved/analytical with her feelings, while I wear my heart on my sleeve. Sometimes it's hard to read her, and hard to get her to just talk about what she's feeling without overthinking what she feels.

[EstimatedProphet]

22. Pretty close actually

although she's more verbose than I am

[fudge stripe cookays]

23. No, but he varies.

He's far less excitable, so keeps me grounded. He's SO easygoing and gets along with everyone. If I don't like someone, they know it. I cannot hide my feelings. He is far more tactful and nice.

He is very goofy and funloving and silly like me when we're together. He puts me into hysterics sometimes.

BUT when he is around some of my friends and my relatives, he barely says anything. People have asked me before if he can talk.

We've come to the conclusion together that I am married to Michigan J. Frog.

[Bread and Circus]

24. I am an ESFJ and my husband is an INTP

We don't have a letter in common and when you read about these personality types we are not a great match. However we have been happily married for ten years although it has not been without pretty significant fighting!

[Maestro]

25. Politically we are the same

philosophically we about the same but she is much more spiritual, but as far as how we interact with people and how we deal with problems and such is very different. Plus she is very artistic, likes to build things, fix things around the house whereas I suppose you could say that I much more cerebral and prefer to analyze the think; much more pensive.

[Dastard Stepchild]

26. Completely opposite, except for our sense of humor....

That is pretty much identical to a terrifying degree. We are always saying the same smartass comment at the exact same time.

I am outgoing and very optimistic. The husband is very shy and kind of a bundle of nerves. I am very loud, he is pretty quiet. We balance each other out amazingly well, though.