Yeah, I think it is good to be with people who posses traits that we don’t. It helps us to grow. In marriage in particular, it creates conflict – but I try to see those as opportunities for “character development.”

Thanks Jason for the good reminder about making time for my wife to get out. Often, as I’m headed out to a meeting or a lunch appointment, she looks at me with forlorn eyes. She’s the one that thrives in those situations, I’d just as soon stay in my office and work.

To her credit, she has found a lot of opportunities to get out. We belong to a CSA and she goes there weekly to pick up produce, she takes the kids to the library for story time, to mom’s groups, and other activities. But with young ones, it has been difficult to have a regular date night or to get out much.

Thanks guys!

And my wife is the opposite. She gets energized by socializing. I have to keep in mind that while I may be exhausted from working and the extrovert that I often have to be there, that she has been with our daughter all day.

It’s important to go out so she gets her energy kick. I have a tendancy to drag her with me towards my introverted habits.

I tend to avoid parties 99% of the time, but when I do elect to go to one, I make it a point of being “good” (but it isn’t easy!).

(To compensate, I find myself dating extroverted girls who are the complete opposite of me.)

Take care, and thanks for sharing.

Rog