Alikes and Differences
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Alikes and Differences
| Thu, 05-17-2007 - 4:48pm |
Okay - all the dating girls - if you want - name your alikes and differences between you and your SO - I would be curious to see that (this is Cat's idea to make this a separate post)

Interesting... with Hiker and I, there are quite alot that are alike, and I guess less that are different.
Alike:
~ puts family first
~ college educated (with 2 degrees)
~ enjoys working out, staying in shape
~ likes to eat healthy, but still have our 'bad food' vices too; also LOVE spicy dishes
~ enjoy hiking, exploring places, geocaching
~ love to travel and sightsee new places (or revisit old favorites, too)
~ enjoys sex often; affectionate
~ spending habits (don't spend more than you make)
~ no need to upgrade or replace items until the old one either dies or is REALLY obsolete
~ dresses casually most of the time, but can get dressed up, too
~ music tastes- classic rock, alternative, jazz, blues, classical
~ reserved and somewhat shy in big groups
~ sense of humor
~ enjoys watching sports
~ lives with some clutter but not messy; likes organization, but not neat freaks
~ loves sushi (and will eat just about ANY type of ethnic foods- italian, mexican, etc)
~ not needy or demanding of time
~ will avoid places where alot of people smoke
~ enjoys reading, doing puzzles
~ likes wine tasting
~ enjoys cooking
~ is responsible, reliable, loyal
~ doesn't like big crowds or traffic
~ loves chocolate
Differences:
~ music tastes- I also like country and christian (but he doesn't mind hearing it too)
~ age (he is 10 yrs older)
~ he doesn't dance C&W, I used to love it (but I can live without it now that I'm older and don't like the smoky bar scene anyway)
~ I love pets, the more the merrier; he prefers no animals (but he doesn't mind them)
~ most of his kids are grown; mine are still young
~ he has grandchildren
~ I love to email and camp out on the computer, he doesn't unless there is something specific he is looking for on the internet
~ I'm very verbal (don't shut up), he isn't (sometimes too quiet)
~ I can spend hours working on crafts; him- maybe home improvement
~ I prefer cooler temps, he loves hot weather
He checks off all my must-haves... and no deal-breakers. :-)
~shrimpy
~shrimpy
"A man who wants something will find a way; a man who doesn't will find an excuse." ~Stephen Dolley Jr.
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Here goes- me and funnyguy compared:
Alikes:
Humor- we have exactly the same type
Family values- we spend about the same amount of time with ours, have equally sized families
Money- he makes slightly more than I do, but our spending habits are roughly the same, same principles and savings habits
Career- he works as a public servant and I'm in the private sector, but our job descriptions are the same, so we can relate
Lifestyle- we live amazingly similar lives- almost freakishly similar, actually
Giving- we both believe strongly in giving back- which is why he works in the public sector, volunteers as a fireman, and just genuinely care. I volunteer my time for other causes, but it's the same principle.
Plans- In general, we're planning the same things for our lives, have the same goals
Music- same type
Differences:
Children- I have two, but he wants none- loves mine though, and I want no more, so we're okay with that
Pets- He has a dog, and I can't have dogs at my apartment. I love his pooch, and he tolerates my turtle
Degree of Niceness- he's much, much nicer than I am about so many things, although he would disagree with me on that- it's the only thing we don't agree about, actually, to date.
Hours- we are both on wacky work schedules, he works 12 hour shifts two days one week and 12 hour shifts five days the next. I go to work and get home later than him, six days every week.
Friends- I seem to spend more time with my friends than he does with his, but it isn't radically different on either end
There's nothing about us that's drastically different, actually. He drives a giant black truck and I drive a teeny white car. That's the biggest difference I can think of. I never put too much stock into astrology before, but I'm beginning to think there's something to the fact that we have the same birthdays- it's really pretty uncanny how alike we are, in every aspect.
Moody, happy to have found someone so like her
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Ok, M and I have only been dating for 4 weeks now and corresponding for 6, but this is my take on our differences thus far...( I really had to think very hard about our differences)
Differences:
Our culture. I have become more European and he's just Country. LOL
I speak more then one language unless you count his NC accent for a language of his own.
I have traveled extensively more then he has and he has hardly even left the Carolinas
Grammar. Which is the one thing that probably drives me a little nuts
Education (I am getting my Undergraduate, he stopped his after a semester of College)
He's more into more gadgets. I could take it or leave it.
I love to Golf, he doesn't
I dress up more, he likes his jeans and Harley t-shirts
I am more up-to-date in current events, but he loves to talk to me about it or wants me to tell him what I've read and then we'll discuss it.
Alikes:
Raise our children alike and totally agree with everything in that aspect
We love road trips
Love the beach
Love the same food and dislike the same
Love naps
We both talk up a storm
Same humor. We both goof off the same way
Love to watch sports. Especially the kids sports.
Love to play all sorts of sports
We love renting movies or going to the drive in verses the indoor movie theatre
Both like going to old bars with swings
Love the same music, except he likes ZZ Top and I can do without
Enjoy walks
Love the water and all water activities
We love having parties, entertaining our friends or the kids.
We both love the heat
We both have the same future dreams of living on the beach one day, but to first live in the country with some land
We both have the same family adn career aspirations.
We both love learning new things. He will try to speak German and he'll ask me all sorts of questions
Love to fish
Love to BBQ and sit outside
Love camping, bonfires, etc.
Love animals
Love the same style of houses (southern style, wrap around porches, etc)
I know their are many more things, but that is the basic start.
Alikes:
Laid back
same goals
love kids
spending habits
affectionate
enjoy life
movies
likes my cooking
similar intelligence
play musical instruments
sense of humor
music
cat people and not dog people
thrill seekers
like the same amount of space and time together
Differences:
he's a pickier eater
I'm better at planning and getting things done
he likes to play online computer games
he has 3 tattoos - me none (but neither of us mind)
I have more education
That's all I can think of right now. All I know is that we are crazy about each other, and both have a very good feeling about where this relationship might lead.
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