DO OPPOSITES ATTRACT?
Did you notice that you probably married someone very different than yourself? There’s the old saying that “opposites attract.” In most cases spouses are very different. Our brains are wired differently; we come from different backgrounds; and we have differing personalities. Women are relational creatures, sharing feelings easily and talking through problems. Men tend to be more fact-oriented, desiring to quickly fix or solve problems. Men tend to focus on one thing at a time and women are good at multi-tasking. Differing families of origin can cause conflict with something as simple as which way should the toilet paper be hung on the roll? Over or under? The more a husband and wife know about the family of their spouse the better he or she will understand the differences. All spouses experience personality differences. There are four major categories of personality; easy-going, goal oriented, peacemaker or detail-oriented. When we identify our personality and that of our spouse, it i
