Opposites don't actually attract

It seems like every day I hear or see or read something that contradicts some long-held belief banged in my head by society.The latest one is that opposites attract.Apparently, most straight ones don't.A study in the journal Nature looked at the results of nearly 200 studies on heterosexual relationships.This mega meta-analysis featured a sample of around 8 million people from around the world.Overall, they found that a vast majority of participants shared at least 18 of 22 characteristics with their partner.These traits ranged from political and religious views, education and IQ levels, opinions about drug and alcohol views.They even shared similar levels of happiness in whether they were introverts or extroverts.The researchers also did their own study with more than 100,000 volunteers in the UK.The participants shared a whopping 89% of these traits with their partners.And strangely enough, many couples in the study even drank the same amount of water each day.I'm left to ask, what came first, the chicken or the egg?Do we simply want someone like us?Or as I tend to believe, are we the sum of our relationships?The longer two people are in a vice grip together, the more they compromise.As Abe Lincoln once said, a house divided cannot stand.What do you think?Is your partner like you?Let me know what you think in the comments at jamesbrowntv.substack.comEmail: [email protected] me a voicemail or text: 585-484-0339Follow me on social media:YouTube Main Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCixNKcH6SP5OCLHMdQ_gVTwInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/jamesbrowntv/Facebook: https://facebook.com/jamesbrowntvThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy