Do you have to have something in common?

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Is it important to have something in common?
Not at all. 14%  14%  [ 4 ]
It helps, but is not essential. 34%  34%  [ 10 ]
Nothing in common? WTF this will never work! 41%  41%  [ 12 ]
uncertain 10%  10%  [ 3 ]
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Shebakoby
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17 Nov 2010, 11:27 pm

I heard something weird last night. My parents were talking about someone (I forget who) getting married or something and I said, "Well do they (the couple) have anything in common?" And they're like 'They don't have to.'

WTF. My feeling is that in order for anyone to really fall in love they HAVE to find something in common with the other person. Hell even with basic friendships, you have to have something in common. You know what my brother does when he finds out some friends of his all of a sudden have NOTHING IN COMMON with him? HE STOPS HANGING OUT WITH THEM.

If people getting together in initial puppy love without anything in common is commonplace no wonder there's so many divorces.



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17 Nov 2010, 11:42 pm

yes you have to have something in common. or it can just be a shallow relationship even after a few months together where some people immensely love shallow sexual relationships. then you have to be compatible with goals, dreams, desires, financial stability, mental/emotional stability, social stability, religious and political compatibility and just be an all out catch in every way possible. no one will truly hang out with or date someone if there is nothing in common. maybe when people date older and marry older in life, there might be less concern for this. but in the prime years, it is of utmost importance.



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17 Nov 2010, 11:49 pm

They could be coming from a couple different directions, ie. genetic chemistry or, otherwise, some people who have less accentuated personalities I'd suppose perhaps might not find it as important. From an aspie stand point though, yes, that's a difficult one to relate to.

Musicprophets wrote:
yes \you have to have something in common. or it can just be a shallow relationship even after a few months together which some immensely love shallow sexual relationships. then you have to be compatible with goals, dreams, desires, financial stability, mental/emotional stability, social stability, religious and political compatibility and just be an all out catch in every way possible. no one will truly hang out or date someone else is there nothing in common. maybe when people date older and marry older in life, there might be less concern for this. but in the prime years, it is of utmost importance.


Some people have the hopes and dreams of getting out of high school, getting a job as a hair stylist, a secretary, a gas station attendant or perhaps a garbage man, and doing little more aside from that than marrying, buying a house, and having kids. When goals and aspirations are that minimal it could perhaps be much more versatile.



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17 Nov 2010, 11:55 pm

Shebakoby wrote:
If people getting together in initial puppy love without anything in common is commonplace no wonder there's so many divorces.

Now you know the truth.



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17 Nov 2010, 11:56 pm

having something in common with someone does not mean the relationship would work.

What do you mean? Shallow interests? Desires in a relationship? You need to be clearer.



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18 Nov 2010, 12:46 am

hale_bopp wrote:
having something in common with someone does not mean the relationship would work.

What do you mean? Shallow interests? Desires in a relationship? You need to be clearer.


I mean any interests or characteristics, in general. Even ONE thing. Whether it's they're both trekkies, or they both like camping, they're both similar enough in belief system to not cause a problem...

Anything at all.

Of course having /something/ in common doesn't mean it'll necessarily work; but I think it's MUCH less likely to work if there's Nothing In Common at all.



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18 Nov 2010, 12:48 am

psychohist wrote:
Shebakoby wrote:
If people getting together in initial puppy love without anything in common is commonplace no wonder there's so many divorces.

Now you know the truth.


I think I've known this truth for years.



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18 Nov 2010, 12:58 am

What if the main thing you have in common with the other party is that you're both undesirable turds? Does that count?



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18 Nov 2010, 3:59 am

You're attracted to pharamones.

'Nuff said. :)


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18 Nov 2010, 5:08 am

Even if it's just a similar sense of humour there's got to be something... otherwise I might get bored spending time with them.



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19 Nov 2010, 9:42 pm

BPalmer wrote:
What if the main thing you have in common with the other party is that you're both undesirable turds? Does that count?


LOL probably not. It would have to be something positive.



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19 Nov 2010, 9:55 pm

no, interests can develop over time even if there is no initial shared interest
most people have something interesting about them
that and I always like trying something new
I am not picky



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19 Nov 2010, 10:12 pm

Kilroy wrote:
no, interests can develop over time even if there is no initial shared interest
most people have something interesting about them
that and I always like trying something new
I am not picky

i agree with this sentiment. this is how arranged marriages can work out, even if the couple is quite diverse in their interests.

i also think that every individual usually does have *something* in common with lots of other people, if you look hard enough. it could be anything, like

...cat lovers...
...fans of the knicks...
...dutch ancestry...
...computer games...
...cooking spicy indian food...
...asperger syndrome...
...religious morality...
...love for country music...
...orange pekoe tea...
etc...

if you look hard enough and are open-minded, you will find similarities.

but to outsiders, a couple may be as different as apples and oranges. other people can't see the inside of a couple's relationship and can never really know what they have in common, so it is kind of presumptuous to judge them based on outside observations.


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19 Nov 2010, 10:16 pm

you forgot me!!
the ninja sensei!!
god!

on topic-yeah, a lot of aspies think special interests are the building blocks to everything and want everything built around them



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20 Nov 2010, 3:25 am

Interests don't matter, personalities do.

Me and one of my exes had lots of interests in common, computers being the main thing. But that didn't matter one bit because other features of our personalities kept clashing and we argued non-stop. We were together for a grand total of 2 months and we broke up three times during that period.

Conversely, I had a girlfriend who I had pretty much no interests in common with, but we rarely argued and had a relationship which almost lasted 6 months.



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20 Nov 2010, 9:50 am

Asp-Z wrote:
Conversely, I had a girlfriend who I had pretty much no interests in common with, but we rarely argued and had a relationship which almost lasted 6 months.

I guess this exposes where this could have have been a semantic misunderstanding, ie. her parents might have had a more limited take on what 'having something in common' meant? I say that because having shared/common values as well as ideas on how to treat people, etc., IMO, is the ultimate form of having something in common. Question is whether the OP would agree that they even had that, but, I can't call that on my own.