• Allero@lemmy.today
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    1 day ago

    Or, the people love somebody who complements them. Like two poles of a magnet.

    There are essentially two styles of bonding: either having the similarity to share the experience and background and more readily understand each other, or having one complement another, so that one covers where another cuts short.

    Imagine two people liking the sun vs one liking the sun and another liking the rain. In the first couple, they will be happy to share the sunshine, but will both be depressed when the rain comes. In another, one will energize from the sun, keeping another in an upbeat mood, and the other will get all cozy in the rain, bringing cocoa, plaids and love. Both are cool in their own right.