My boyfriend and I are opposites, my family always questions why were together, stating differences are the death of any relationship. Luckily I know better because of the issues we had to deal with in the past. The fact that he is so laid back during times of crisis helps me so much because I tend to become nervous and pace. If he was not there to sit me down and massage my nerves, I don't know what might have happened. In a funny twist, he can get rather angry when it comes to driving, as we encounter so many baddies on the road. If I was not there to grab his arm, he told me he would have got out of his car and made a fool out of himself.
Another form of difference between us is that we believe in two different methods of paying. He always wants to pay as he feels that as the man, he should be doing this and that. However, I have always felt a woman should pay for herself or ask if it's okay to take the bill too. He can get rather annoyed by this, but it's funny, and cute. I just compromise later with him and say you can do, ex:"the laundry," to make my day feel less of a hassle. And sure enough he does it almost every chance he gets. (Or another ex: you can get the tab next time")
Thirdly, the main thing that I guess were so different on is that I am very openly emotional. He is very inward with his emotions, which is fine, because nothing beats him coming over and giving me a hug out of nowhere. While on the other hand if I start bawling, he always has the time, even though he seems scary, (to my friends as he keeps to himself in public), to let me cuddle.
So while there is other different reasons why we are different from each other, we always managed to somehow survive the next day. It's like a balance, because his sometimes laziness showed me what I need to become, and my past-struggles helped him step out of his laziness to be by my side when I need him most. ;D
