After spending all week with my wife this past week in Florida and the Bahamas, I realized more than ever how different we are from each other. You know, music preferences in the car, food tastes, interests, what do to with free time, etc. and it has only brought us closer!
While this has been frustrating at times in the past, how great it is to have somebody by your side to "complete you" to be everything you're not and to motivate you to get out of your comfort zone. I am grateful for my wife for playing that role. For example, my idea of a perfect vacation is to travel to see places and do things, while she would be more than happy sitting on a beach for a week straight relaxing. She probably wanted to relax more this past week than we did, but she did slow me down and helped me realize I don't always have to be going 100 mph.
I do believe the phrase "Opposites Attract" applies to marriage. Husbands, when we are stressed out at work (or home) we may not be able to see how wonderful these differences are, and you may see them as a cause for contention (I have). Just remember, God has established these differences in your marriage to make each of you better people; So, learn from each other, support each other, and make your differences productive!
What do you think...Do opposites attract? does it cause contention? or are you able to make your differences productive?
PS- Having no access to a computer was probably the best thing to happen to me during our vacation! you don't realize how much time you spend on a computer until you can't use one for a while, but I am looking forward to being more active on the blog again!
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I should have restricted my access to a computer on our last vacation. But, I didn't. Instead I had an aircard and twiddled away a bunch of time on nonsense. You did it the right way.
ReplyDeleteMy wife and I are opposites in a lot of ways, and that's good because we complete each other's missing pieces. But, we're also the same in a few important way because sometimes we just need someone who "gets it". I think you're right, we need both sides of the same coin. I would hate to walk around only able to fulfill a piece of who I could be because I chose someone who was exactly like myself.