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Apparently, the saying "opposites attract" is true. My husband and I couldn't be more opposite if we were born on different planets.

I am a very organized person, I rarely loose things and I like a clean home. I am a very calm and content person.

My husband, however, would lose his head if it wasn't attached and he would have no problem wearing dirty clothes from the hamper. He is very active and has to have some type of an activity at all times.

He believes in a hand off approach to parenting, he likes to wrestle around and play rough with our son. He would let him get away with anything, including wearing dirty clothes from his hamper and eating candy for dinner.

I on the other hand am stricter, extremely over protective, worry about our son's nutrition, schedule, and his appearance.

We do not like the same kind of music, food, movies or clothes. He likes sports cars, I like SUV's. He loves hot weather I adore the snow. He is a dog person and I am a cat person!

I know these sound like a lot of things that we don't have in common, but we have just as many things in common.

My husband and I do have some conflicts due to our difference of opinions and our opposite personalities. But somehow we complete each other.

My husband is a very outgoing person. He likes to talk to people and do new things. I do not. This is one way that he helps even me out. He motivates me to do things I would have never done on my own.

I am usually an even tempered person. I have never been in a fight and people rarely get mad at me. He can get mad very easily. He is a fighter, and I am a lover, so somehow, I can calm him down and talk him out of being irrational.

Over the seven years that we have been together. We have learned that we have to make sacrifices. We have to compromise with each other and make sure that we both get what we need and want from each other.

I am sure that if we were more alike we would get along better, but if we both liked all the same things and never had a difference of opinions than we wouldn't be who we are. More than likely we would be bored with each other. We help each other in a lot of ways. So having differences with your spouse isn't necessarily a bad thing. Yes it can be annoying at times, but it can also help to make your relationship stronger. It shouldn't matter how different you are, how you discipline your children or what you have in common. If you truly love someone and if they are the person you are meant to be with then your relationship will work.

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