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We're both introverts, but other aspects of our personality are very different. I can be pretty high-strung, anxious and impatient, and my H is suuuuuper laid-back and calm. I think our differences complement each other. He calms me down, haha

Opposites attract - right?

Totally different personalities and I think it helps our relationship - we even each other out!

Its both an advantage and a challenge. A challenge that we can't always empathize or relate to the others thought process or reaction, etc. We really have to explain to each other the whys and hows of our responses. Advantage in the way that we often have different wants and needs are not usually competing for the same role, leadership, project, etc.

We are both introverts, but we definitely have beliefs that can make us polar opposites. We both can be stubborn sometimes and want to be right. That is what makes things challenging to us. We've learned over the years and through marriage counseling (early on) to let certain things slide.

Our personalities are similar but our interests different, helps to add just enough variety.

I think mostly we are different. Sometimes it is frustrating, especially because we handle conflict differently. But I think mostly it is good because we have strengths where the other is weak.

Opposite and I do not think it helps. He is an introvert and I like being out and about. I am filled with energy and he can be boring.

I think there are things that are good about our opposites, however. He can be unphased by things that would really bore me or stress me. I can handle stresstressful things he cannot and so on and so on. So having different strengths can be a good thing.

Most importantly he loves me unconditionally and lets me do whatever I want and be myself (kind of a tangent, but I didn't have that growing up. I am a free spirit and he supports me and lets me do whatever I want. He is kind of along for the ride, I think I need that for a marriage for me. Like two ships in the night, we both had crappy lives and are creating better together.)

Polar opposites! While it makes some things more challenging, overall I really like that we complement each other and provide balance in the relationship.

I'd say we are similar enough to be compatible, but different in some ways, so we balance each other out, too.

We are more similar than different, and I think it makes our relationship easier. We have a really good friendship, so we can talk about a lot of things, and just really enjoy spending time together. We're both introverts, we like a lot of the same things, and are both pretty easygoing overall.

We do have some differences though. I have more of an "action-oriented" and "let's do this!" personality, and he is more "wait-and-see" and "let's think this through". He is definitely a lot slower than I am when it comes to decision-making and life in general. I am super efficient and like to get things done asap, and I am a quick decision-maker. Those are probably our biggest differences, but I think our differences in this way actually work in our favor.

We have the same values, beliefs, approach about money, travel, priorities, etc. We have some differences in things like movies and music, but those are what I consider "cosmetic" differences that are really no big deal.

As for Myers-Briggs... we are both INFJs!

This is an interesting question to answer because we're as alike as we are different. He's introverted, I'm extroverted, yet we both need downtime. He's picky with food, I'll try anything. I make decisions more emotionally, he makes them more rationally. I'm more sensitive than he is. He and I both really appreciate witty humor and laughing, and favor real connections with few people, over shallow ones with many. We share the same morals and values, and the same beliefs about parenting. We're both creatives, but in very different ways, though we both enjoy photography and writing. We just compliment each other well. I'm lucky I found him