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Old Mar 04, 2009, 01:42 AM
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T and I are both very sensitive and interact with a lot of emotional nuance. It is fantastic to have the level of interaction that we do and T has often said we are very much alike that way. We also love a good bargain and tend to be frugal. He and I both like to drive our cars into the ground and get them to last for decades rather than buying a new one every 5 years. We both drive Hondas and are very loyal to the brand. We both hate the concept of perfect fruit (perfect appearing supermarket fruit that are giant and tasteless). And we both love bok choy and filberts. He also values dreams like I do, and has politics similar to mine. He is active in a religious/spiritual group and it's not that I don't have this impulse, but I have no experience at that, and would be very open to learning from him. He is also not CBT, which is something that isn't a good fit for me, so that is a similarity I really appreciate. I would call us both "easy-going." We are both informal.

He is extremely extroverted and I am on the introverted side of center. So this is a big difference with us. He's also so much more together than I am, without my dysfunctionalities, and he is very authentic, which I admire and aspire too. He is disorganized and cluttered and forgetful and puts papers in stacks all over his office. I know this behavior because it is me! Yes, he is ADHD and has spotted similar symptoms in me. He likes baseball and I don't.

In general, I feel we are peas in a pod.
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