Do yoyou think opposites attract because we can't bare to look at our own flaws (10)

Jul 20, 2010 9:12 AM CST Do yoyou think opposites attract because we can't bare to look at our own flaws
Peacocke
PeacockePeacockeGlasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland UK9 Threads 85 Posts
I heard a saying to the effect that we are never more disturbed by the flaws of another person than when they are so close to our own flaws as it is like looking in a mirror.
We see their flaws, can't accept the person for them, yet know we are the same ourselves.

DO you think that is why the old adage holds that opposites attract?

Do we judge those with attributes we dont have more positively than those with whom we share common traits?
Jul 20, 2010 9:13 AM CST Do yoyou think opposites attract because we can't bare to look at our own flaws
Peacocke
PeacockePeacockeGlasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland UK9 Threads 85 Posts
Peacocke: I heard a saying to the effect that we are never more disturbed by the flaws of another person than when they are so close to our own flaws as it is like looking in a mirror.
We see their flaws, can't accept the person for them, yet know we are the same ourselves.

DO you think that is why the old adage holds that opposites attract?

Do we judge those with attributes we dont have more positively than those with whom we share common traits?


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Jul 20, 2010 10:29 AM CST Do yoyou think opposites attract because we can't bare to look at our own flaws
Agouti
AgoutiAgoutiGlasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland UK1 Threads 24 Posts
Very true , I think we definately see our own misgivings in others and sometimes we want people to be the same as ourselves . I believe it is good when we have awareness of it and can help our self esteem . I think this song touches on it
Jul 20, 2010 10:31 AM CST Do yoyou think opposites attract because we can't bare to look at our own flaws
leisure07
leisure07leisure07birmingham, West Midlands, England UK29 Threads 1 Polls 7,059 Posts
the P.O.L is non judgemental ,each to their own character traits proably why i am on here looking for a partner laugh
Jul 20, 2010 1:55 PM CST Do yoyou think opposites attract because we can't bare to look at our own flaws
Maisie
MaisieMaisielarnaca, Larnaca Cyprus4 Threads 616 Posts
All down to yin and yang, one balances the other.
Jul 20, 2010 3:43 PM CST Do yoyou think opposites attract because we can't bare to look at our own flaws
Stitch626
Stitch626Stitch626Chelmsford, Essex, England UK1 Threads 74 Posts
I'd like to think we are attracted to those with qualities we wish we possessed. We intuitively know to become a better person we need a balance of traits and if we aren't confident to change our personality, a partner with that quality completes the picture so to speak.
Jul 20, 2010 4:18 PM CST Do yoyou think opposites attract because we can't bare to look at our own flaws
jonnt
jonntjonntLost in the Woods, East Sussex, England UK47 Threads 3,691 Posts
Am looking for someone like me ..
Jul 20, 2010 8:44 PM CST Do yoyou think opposites attract because we can't bare to look at our own flaws
lint874
lint874lint874Leeds, West Yorkshire, England UK3 Threads 1 Polls 414 Posts
I think that "opposites attract" is just an old cliche.

I've seen plenty of "similar attracts" and "neither opposite nor similar attract".


I think that opposites do not make harmonious marriages.

I also think that it's human nature for "anyone that will have me attracts" after a certain period of being single.
Jul 25, 2010 7:26 AM CST Do yoyou think opposites attract because we can't bare to look at our own flaws
Zellarrone1
Zellarrone1Zellarrone1Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England UK33 Threads 4 Polls 7,644 Posts
Peacocke: I heard a saying to the effect that we are never more disturbed by the flaws of another person than when they are so close to our own flaws as it is like looking in a mirror.
We see their flaws, can't accept the person for them, yet know we are the same ourselves.

DO you think that is why the old adage holds that opposites attract?

Do we judge those with attributes we dont have more positively than those with whom we share common traits?
I reckon it's more the case of "Opposites don't attract"... Birds of a feather, attract each other professor
Jul 25, 2010 8:47 AM CST Do yoyou think opposites attract because we can't bare to look at our own flaws
jonnt
jonntjonntLost in the Woods, East Sussex, England UK47 Threads 3,691 Posts
One of my ex partners was a Phychiatristat working in a Hosp ,also she new my ex partners personaly in social circles.

I asked her once about why do some people pick partners who are different than themselves ,,then cause chaos in a relationship ,,

I was referring to some of my past partners on a personal level from the past ,,my situation was that i do drink in whats classed as socialy ,,2 partners i had were total piss heads and the drink has left them with a lot of social problems of everyday normal logical thinking {is that the rite terminology?}

So why pick me ,

it was said that some of these people pick opposites because they dont like looking at a mirror image of themselves ..

So maybe thats taught me a little of what to reject in the future ..thumbs up

Unfortunately my work takes me into what is classed as a sub culture ,so maybe i need to be a little more enlightened instead of acepting some on face value ....bla bla bla peace
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