I came across a post over at Yahoo Shine titled “5 Things You Don’t Need To Have In Common.” Here are the five points with my (Painfully boring) commentary beneath them.

1. Different Music Tastes

As I sit here typing this my husband has his headphones on and is listening to some band I (and you) have never heard of. We do have a lot of common interests in music but I will never understand the obsession that he had with techno music when he was a high school basketball star. Due to that obsession of his (and a fairly sheltered childhood) he has little to no awareness of the music created in the eighties and nineties. I mourn for him daily.

2. Intellectual Tastes

Don’t get me started on books. I love to read; I learned to read before the age of three and haven’t stopped since. I will cram paragraphs and chapters into the five-to-ten minute intervals when my kids aren’t fighting. My husband loves books as well. Especially if they have a lot of pictures…and minimal words.

3. Friend Tastes

Well, this one doesn’t totally apply to us. Our closest friends are couples with whom we both love to hang out with. I do have one friend from high school that makes my husband both shake his head at her and laugh at her inconsistencies. She’s a part of me though and he’s totally OK with that.

4. Spending/Saving Habits

As I mentioned last week, we are both pretty good with money. Sometimes he needs to LIVE A LITTLE and sometimes I need to LIVE A LITTLE LESS, but we balance each other out. He even used the phrase, “”It’s only money” the other day. Baby steps, people.

5. Style Tastes

We are pretty similar in our clothing tastes (Except that he doesn’t wear dresses and I don’t wear boxer briefs). He is actually the perfect person to take shopping with me because he will speak the truth. He tells me if something is working…and if it’s not working.

Are there any other things that you don’t need to have in common?