Peter and I are very complimentary is SOOO many ways and I am so thankful. I literally can’t imagine a better husband or friend to spend my life with, but every now and then, we are just different enough to get on each other’s nerves.
We recycle the same argument in hundreds of interesting ways. The event doesn’t really matter the cause of the argument is the same:
1. Peter can never rest until everything is done, which is never. I on the other hand can expertly ignore what needs to be done and find something more enjoyable, restful or interesting to keep my attention.
2. Peter likes to be on time, he is wonderfully punctual and specific about the time (my nickname for my dear husband and best friend? Captain Countdown.) I really NEVER know what time it is and really take things as they come, which often makes me LATE!
You do see my problem though, don’t you? While he is hard working and punctual, I am fun loving and event focus--- which are very nice ways of saying that I am a lazy procrastinator and a rude and self-focused late person.
Our culture would rather employ a hard working (maybe workaholic) and punctual person ten times to one! But life is such drudgery without down time. How to balance these things? Between us, we would be a fabulously balanced person. If only we could figure out, after almost nine years!
Our morning was bumpy and sad, but now the Christmas carols are playing and everything is nice, as usual.
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I totally understand! Marriage is interesting isn't it? Wonderful and all that...but it can be difficult! John and I are so opposite. I am a people person, he gets energy from being alone. I like to talk, he likes quiet. I like to go out and see the sights, he likes the comfort of his home. I like to plan, he hates the details. He is a really deep thinker, and I am not. the list goes on. :)
But we share the same beliefs on God, family, and all the other biggies....so it works out.
But we've got those same recycled discussions too.
Sorry your morning was rough.
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missing you so very much.
I love that you ended your previous post with the "my best friend in whole world" comment, and then started this one with "is there some reason why one must marry their opposite" LOLOLOL Irony is wonderful!
I was laughing too Julie! Funny and ironic, for sure!
Shauna, more proof that we MUST marry our opposite! :)
Love you both.
It must be universal. Dad and I recycle the same fight once a year. Always a big one, and nothing ever changes. Humm, going on 34 years, I suspect it will continue.
Opposites must marry to complete the oneness. Yesterday as we were coming back from Lowes and buying all new Christmas lights. I love Christmas lights and Dad hates them. He says they are pagen. :) So the fight begins... hanging the lights which after 2 hours of Dad being totally annoyed because most of the strands kept going out. So I said lets go get new ones. So off we go and were successful in getting just plain white lights on a large roll (which Dad thought was so cool) man thing. We came home and finished the lights. My point of this story is we were coming home and we kept finishing each others sentences and thinking the same thing. We said we think a like, Dad said "are we starting to look a like"? You know like the people who start looking like their dogs? TEE HEE
Dad and I are so different be we are a great team.
Love you
Keep recycling! :) TEE HEE
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