We have similar views on most of the important things (as defined by us). Our interests are really different though, and that’s fine with me.
Same here. Our core values are the same, but our personal interests are very different. Our personalities are quite different too, but they’re complimentary. What one of us needs, the other can provide. We’re both better together.
I think that’s an ideal setup. I have learned a lot from my partner because we are so different in what we like. :)
This is like us too. The important stuff aligns, but we have very different general interests and hobbies.
Core values are basically the same. Politically fairly similar, but not the same everywhere. We match in some hobbies, but others are oil and water. We respect each other, and support each other’s interests.
my wife and I share very similar societal/political views but opinions on ourselves and our life outlook vary greatly. We tend to see eye to eye on how to chart our family lifestyle, but sometimes she is extremely cautious and I am less risk averse.
Soon 10 years together, and we are quite different people. Had periods of anger and frustration but also periods of happiness and closeness.
Now we have learned to avoid doing things that annoy eachother, but it took time since some of those things were really things we had a hard time compromising on. I think as I got older, I gave up more and more strong opinions about things and realized it doesn’t have to be my way to be correct. :)
The more control i gave up, the better the relationship became.
On politics, religion, etc. we have very similar views. About the only place we have wildly differing views is our actual, physical viewpoints: mine is about 18 inches (close to half a meter) higher than hers (standing) so she can see into shelves that I would have to think to bend down for, and I can see and reach shelves that she can’t unaided.
Yup. Sums up our relationship nicely too.
Politically, we agree on 90%+ on things. Like - it would be really odd if I married a woman who didn’t believe my friends deserved basic human rights. 
But I will say we handle conflict very differently, loss very differently, anxiety very differently, fear very differently. We’re different people.  The important thing is that were able to communicate with one another. We’re supposed to understand each other’s motives, behaviors, needs. And try to anticipate them.
Ideally, we’re strong in areas the other is weak in.
As far as interests, there’s a lot of crossover. But I have specific hobbies (music production mostly), that she has no interest in. She’ll give feedback from time to time. And also, she plays piano. But we don’t play together.
I like goofy nerd shit, she likes The Bachelor. I like some gaming, she thinks it’s lame and reads in her free time. I mean, no great relationship has ever thrived based on a shared love of Star Trek or something.
So most importantly, we match well in two areas. One, we can make each other laugh. Two, we like the same foods and are adventurous eaters.
For what it’s worth, half of every live-in relationship is trying to decide what to eat next.
Eh, mostly the same, and exactly the same on the big issues.
But we’re still very different people overall
We are basically the exact same person. It’s like dating a hawter version of myself, and I find myself plenty hawt. We do everything together. Two computers set up side-by-side so we can play stuff together, even solo games. They like some YouTube channels I don’t care about and I like a couple games they don’t. We like all of the same music (well, save for one band.)
It’s the best.
My boyfriend and I are both left leaning though I’m a bit more progressive than he is.
My partner is right leaning and I am left leaning. It works well for us because we never fight over who gets the good spot on the couch - my good spot is with the arm rest to the left of me and his is the arm rest to the right of him. It’s probably not good for our backs to lean the same way all the time though.
My partner leans a little more centre from left than me because of her father, but our religious views are fairly aligned. She is a bit more laissez-faire about religion whereas I am more easily irritated by it.
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We are very different people in a lot of aspects, but have similar views in some other aspects.
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+1 for fundamentals. We speak different languages, have different hobbies, even different political views. But our core values are the same, so we get closer over time. 6 years going strong, who knows where we’ll be next
We definitely share basic values including political views, but there’s also many things where our opinions differ. For example, we both strongly believe in supporting human rights for everyone, but we have different views on local planning reforms or diets. Some hobbies but not all hobbies and interests are shared, we listen to different music, etc. Overall, I really like it this way - we’re different enough so I can always learn something new from her, but not so different we’d have arguments about basic values.
My wife and I are the same way. I don’t understand her taste in music and she doesn’t understand mine. I like different types of movies and TV, so we compromise. But nearly all of the important things like political views, childrearing, social views, and life goals match.
Oddly enough, we differ in religious views, but she’s only lightly Methodist and I’m atheist, so it’s not a crazy untenable difference.
We are very similar, and have grown more similar over time.
