The odd couple

[Lanolin]

Being single has its blessings...sometimes its just fun to people watch other peoples dramas, although how watching tv is any different than twitching the curtain and spying on the neighbours I dont really know...

Anyway, one of the things that makes for the most drama is...the odd couple.

And I dont mean, one half is super rich and the other is poor, or they are different races from each other, or one is tall and the other is short. or one is really old and the other is young. Or even one is a believer and the other isnt.

What I mean is when two really different personalities types get together. Do they complement each other or are they just going to aggravate each other?

One that makes for the most comedy is one who is a super neatnik and the other is a 'messy'.
Do you know couples like this? Are your parents like this? do they get along? Or have they evolved a strategy of compromise, or maybe perhaps total blindness (or deafness) to each others faults. Pray tell!

 

[Lynx]

Sure, my best friend and his wife are that kind of couple. He's really reserved and she wears her heart on her sleeve. He can do anything with a machine and she's a librarian.

They respect each other's strengths and between the two of them they handle just about anything life brings.

 

[Lanolin]

Its not just odd couples on tv I found all sorts of 'odd couple' childrens books

Rabbit and Bear
Snake and Lizard
Elephant and Piggie
Skunk and Badger

then theres sisters/girls who hate each other.... and then become best friends
Ivy and Bean
Ella and Olivia
Ramona and Beezus


what about the Bible would you say Adam and Eve were the original odd couple? lol

 

[Lynx]

Its not just odd couples on tv I found all sorts of 'odd couple' childrens books

Rabbit and Bear
Snake and Lizard
Elephant and Piggie
Skunk and Badger

What? No "Fox and Hound"? That was a classic video!

 

[Lanolin]

Frog and Toad
Ernie and Bert

 

[Lanolin]

Deafness is really a thing I reckon

You can turn a blind eye but you can also turn a deaf ear

I have observed this amongst aged couples....

 

[Lynx]

Deafness is really a thing I reckon

You can turn a blind eye but you can also turn a deaf ear

I have observed this amongst aged couples....

You can do both on the forum too, although here it is called putting people on ignore.

 

[Lanolin]

haha came across this netflix gem

Use for my talent

A drama about when a neat freak guy meets a messy girl,

May watch it.

Though I recommend A streetcat named Bob and its christmas sequel. Its about a stray cat that goes to live with a recovering drug addict. True story!

 

[JesusLives]

Jerry and I are an odd couple. Like night and day. From our religion to our politics we are opposites. He is an early riser and I go to bed late or early in the AM.... but I think we compliment each other and pick up where the other one lacks. In November we will have been married 7 years.

Thanks to CC for us being able to meet and marry... I like being a part of an odd couple.

 

[Lanolin]

Jerry and I are an odd couple. Like night and day. From our religion to our politics we are opposites. He is an early riser and I go to bed late or early in the AM.... but I think we compliment each other and pick up where the other one lacks. In November we will have been married 7 years.

Thanks to CC for us being able to meet and marry... I like being a part of an odd couple.

wow, wait.,,you are different religions?

I thought you were both christians!

 

[JesusLives]

wow, wait.,,you are different religions?

I thought you were both christians!

We are both Christians, but Jerry was raised Catholic and I was raised Seventh-Day-Adventist about as opposite on the scale as you can get.

 

[Lanolin]

We are both Christians, but Jerry was raised Catholic and I was raised Seventh-Day-Adventist about as opposite on the scale as you can get.

Do your in-laws ever fight/argue about the rapture?

 

[JesusLives]

Do your in-laws ever fight/argue about the rapture?

Jerry and I are both 66 years old the In-Laws as in our parents are all gone now. No we don't really argue about religion.

 

[Lanolin]

I am supposing they are soul sleeping somewhere in purgatory.

Huh no in-laws! It must be bliss then.

Its like if Romeo and Juliets families just didnt hate each other.

 

[Jase]

Jerry and I are both 66 years old the In-Laws as in our parents are all gone now. No we don't really argue about religion.

That's wonderful! ❤️

 

[tourist]

Jerry and I are an odd couple. Like night and day. From our religion to our politics we are opposites. He is an early riser and I go to bed late or early in the AM.... but I think we compliment each other and pick up where the other one lacks. In November we will have been married 7 years.

Thanks to CC for us being able to meet and marry... I like being a part of an odd couple.

I very much like it too.

 

[Lanolin]

I very much like it too.

let me ask are you also like the neat/messy odd couple...which one is the neat and which one is the messy one?

I was thinking maybe Tourist was the neat one cos hes always going to the laundrymat. But it could be he only goes there because he is messy and gets sent there as punishment....

 

[tourist]

let me ask are you also like the neat/messy odd couple...which one is the neat and which one is the messy one?

I was thinking maybe Tourist was the neat one cos hes always going to the laundrymat. But it could be he only goes there because he is messy and gets sent there as punishment....

You are right, I am the neat one in the marriage but maybe I might have a touch of OCD.

 

[Lanolin]

why do so many people have OCD it seems
If you had another disorder, like say Bipolar Disorder, people vilified you and made out like you were a dangerous psychopath, that needs to be locked away or drugged on meds but if you have OCD obssessive compulsive disorder its kind of accepted....as a good thing and you dont need to be locked away...?!

When I am sure its just as disruptive and seriously impairing and you may need help coping with it.