As you all know.
There are many many MANY ways that we are so similar it's scary. There are also some core parts of our personalities that are very VERY different.
If you've ever learned about the "Real Colors" personality system, you know that there are 4 personality colors: green, gold, blue, and orange. Most people are naturally dominant in one color, with a second area close behind. I found these tables at this university link that sum things up rather well.
And yes, I worked really REALLY hard (I guess I do have some gold in me after all) to get these in hereIf you've actually looked over these and you know me AT ALL, you know that the LAST color in the world I would even come close to (when I took the test various times, I believe I scored ZERO, in fact) is Gold. We've been over this, right? I am indeed, very blue with a good deal of orange mixed in.
My husband, on the other hand, leans strongly towards the other end of the spectrum (the left brained colors, in fact): he's very strongly green and gold. So what happens when a person who loves traditions, routines, order, organization, etc. is married to someone who craves change, new things, and can't seem to keep things orderly worth a darn? Well, the orangey-blue person (that's me, remember?) sometimes goes a little crazy (aka, I get CABIN FEVER) and begs the greeny-gold (remember how the golds are good at planning stuff?) to come up with something to break up the routine every once in a while. I know, it's supposed to be the orange's job, but the orange spends all of her energy and creativity and every drop of her (*VERY* limited) goldiness in day to day house-y and children-y things. SO the need is there and the ability is spent.
So what does my DARLING gold husband do? He creates a calendar appointment on his work computer to REMIND him to be more SPONTANEOUS. Tee hee hee. Really it's the most wonderful thing I've ever heard and I adore him for it times a majillion. I'm still geeking out about it.
A couple of weeks ago he called and said, "hey, want to go to a play at BYU? There's this one by a French guy--Moh-lee-yur? (Moliere. Did I mention I LOVE this man?) It sounds funny. It WAS funny. Very well done and I spent every moment in drama-loving, orangey delight. I would encourage you to see it, only it's done :( and I would NOT encourage you to see it any where else because of a couple of scenes that could go very AWRY if they weren't handled with taste. BUT even though I could probably write a whole critique of that show, I won't at the moment, because that's not the point.
The POINT is that my husband is the best ever and I LOVE him for stepping outside of his comfort zone to make me happy, and I resolve to try even harder to stretch my goldiness to make him happy too.
