Common Interests + Trust + Compatible Dysfunctions + Standard Deviation = Best Friend for Life(?)
::poking hole with counter-example:: My best friend and I actually have very few common interests. In fact, we both actively despise the other's main interest (art history for her, classics & archaeology for me). She likes the city, I like te country, she likes the ocean, I like the mountains... for as dissimilar as we are, it's amazing how well we get on.
However, we found out something interesting when we both did an email survey that asked you to describe yourself without using adjectives, or only using verbs, or something like that. When you take out the interests and other pedestrian crap, she and I are almost exactly alike. We put down practically identical answers without even knowing that the other person was doing the quiz.
We also have trust, compatile dysfunctions, and standard deviation, but the "similar nature" seems more important than "similar interests" to me.
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Date: 2003-11-17 11:25 am (UTC)::poking hole with counter-example::
My best friend and I actually have very few common interests. In fact, we both actively despise the other's main interest (art history for her, classics & archaeology for me). She likes the city, I like te country, she likes the ocean, I like the mountains... for as dissimilar as we are, it's amazing how well we get on.
However, we found out something interesting when we both did an email survey that asked you to describe yourself without using adjectives, or only using verbs, or something like that. When you take out the interests and other pedestrian crap, she and I are almost exactly alike. We put down practically identical answers without even knowing that the other person was doing the quiz.
We also have trust, compatile dysfunctions, and standard deviation, but the "similar nature" seems more important than "similar interests" to me.