People say that opposites attract and like repels. That may be true in nature, but in marriage and relationships that is not. Why?
When people are opposite, they will be attracted to each other for a period of time until that initial phase wears off, then they start to get on each others nerves because they are not alike. Like minded people initially do not get along, but as time goes on because they are alike in so many ways that changes.
I use to think that my wife and I are like minded, but as time goes I realize that we are not. Since we are not, we have tendency to do a lot of things that aggravate the other.
We are not alike in:
Paying off debts
Temperaments
What we value with the money we spend
Cleanliness
Hobbies
Aggressiveness
Business sense
Exercise
Idleness
Movies and tv shows
Sex or attractiveness
What we like to eat
Listening or even hearing
The need to be around each other
Arguing
One of the few things were are alike is in our belief in Jesus as the son of God, who was born to to die for our sins, who was raised from the dead on the third day, and ascended into Heaven to sit at the right hand of God.
We are also alike in our marriage vows. Each of us believes that once you are married, you are married. That does not mean we have not been tempted to split up and get a divorce, because we have. However, because times get difficult does not mean you just hang it up an call it quits. This is exactly what the enemy wants. It is in these times that we need to rely upon God the most.