Weekend wonderings: Opposites attract?

Colourful or neutral?  Fragile or tough?

(Flowers blooming among the pebbled shore of Lake Tekapo, NZ)

Do you ever believe in the saying “Opposites attract”?  I do.  Or perhaps if I might rephrase it, I would say “Opposites complement each other”, or something along those lines.  For example, I am obsessive when it comes to schedules, and like to make all my appointments way ahead of schedule.  When my schedule is disrupted for whatever reason, I tend to really freak out, and behave like a male crab without its burrow (ie wander aimlessly, be really jittery, and pick fights with others).  The dear hubby is the exact opposite.  Spontaneous and always ready to go out for a meal should anyone call him, he tends to forget to key in his appointments into his phone, and would then suddenly remember he has this or that to attend only the day before.  So you can imagine how much freaking out I’ve done since we’ve been married, or how often he shakes his head at my rigidity and inflexibility!

Take this weekend for an example.  The hubby’s friend was getting married on Saturday, but the friend who was supposed to pass him the wedding invite had lost it.  He was still clueless about the wedding venue come Saturday morning, and I only had a vague impression that it was supposed to be at 1100 hrs in the morning (since that was what he keyed into his schedule).  At 1000 hrs, he suddenly reads his smses, and tells me something like “The wedding starts at 1030!  Please hurry up or we’ll be late!”.  That was while we were still feeding a little boy all covered in Cheerio muck, and were still dressed in grungy clothes meant never to see the light of day.  So I got the hubby to bathe the little boy and managed to packthediaperbagwithsnacksandtoysgetmyselfandJuniorJready… all without freaking out. And we got out of the house in 15 minutes flat (ok, granted, I was strapping my shoes on in the lift, sans makeup… but hey, at least my dress wasn’t wrinkly and my heels matched my dress!), so even the hubby was impressed!

I guess being opposites in various ways does help to build us both up, and I think we complement each other in many ways...  I’ve learnt how to be more flexible and easygoing thanks to the hubby… and he’s learning how to be more structured with his schedule and more organized.  J

What do you think?  Do opposites attract, or do they “attack”?

PS: We had a busy weekend!  We photographed a birthday party, and met up with friends to pass them their wedding photos, read alot of Mother Goose (at the boy's request)... And fell sick again.  Which explains the lack of photos, since its hard to snap while you're sniffling!  Hope everyone had a great weekend!