What Happy Couples Have In Common
“How much do you need to have in common with your significant other?” We asked the top love experts to give the final word on the most-asked relationship and dating questions. This is “The Final Word.” For more on how to be a happy couple, visit YourTango.com! 8 Relationship Tricks Happy Couples Use www.yourtango.com 10 Things Happy Couples Should Talk About www.yourtango.comYourTango is your source for smart talk about love, sex, dating and relationships. Whether you’re married, single, taken, engaged or “it’s complicated,” check out our videos for the best love and relationship news, entertainment and advice. Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com Become friends on Facebook: www.facebook.com www.yourtango.com | Smart Talk About Love Distributed by Tubemogul. transcript of video How much do you need to have in common with your significant other? Is attraction enough? Is attraction even necessary? Really good challenging question. I don’t think you need to have everything in common with the person you’re dating. It’s absolutely fine and actually pretty good if you have some seperate interests. Common interests are about the most overrated thing that people hang their hooks on when they’re looking for a relationship. You want to have different hobbies and passions from your partner because that’s what keeps things interesting and fresh in a marriage. People think because you like Coldplay or downhill skiing that somehow that this is a sign of compatibility. You can have your …
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Question: When does the need for physical attraction become a problem? A side from the obvious reasons such as the persons is not a nice or kind or understanding. When can you over look physical attraction? Can you and really be happy?
awesome advice. thank you yourtango
my boyfriend and i are, as they put it, “clones”. we have everything in common but didnt even realise it until we started dating.
@MichyGW: I would say physical attraction on its own can become a problem when the idea of long term committment comes into play as one person may simply want a beauty in their life whereas the other is looking for a deeper more emotional connection.
I think you can overlook physical attraction if you really like connect with someone on a really deep level like my previous bf wasn’t Brad Pitt but had amazing eyes but more importantly we understood each other deep down and that means more
I’ve really enjoyed these “final word” segements.
more generalizations here unfortunately..
Doesn’t everyone have the ‘values’ of honesty, laughter, kindness, and all that stuff..Sure we all do , but how that is acted out in behavior is key, and that is what makes eHarmony, Match type questions so silly and so vague.
but what do I know , I’m still looking too…
This is the first one I was like yeah i agree with that!