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<blockquote data-quote="Presea" data-source="post: 79261" data-attributes="member: 24">Actually, research has proven that couples who have more in common are much more likely to survive than those who have more differences. The saying &quot;opposites attract&quot;, may sound romantic, but it does not generally (although it is still possible to work in some cases) turn out more successful relationships. It is possible for someone to have a quality that their partner doesn&#039;t that can complement them, but this is not technically related to the &quot;opposites attract&quot; theory. I learned all of this from taking Psychology of Interpersonal Relationships. A lovely little class that can also point out all of the things that were wrong in JR and Sue Ellen&#039;s relationship as well.JR and Mandy had no real, meaningful relationship beyond sex. His fascination with her faded and died since he chose not to pursue her at the end. I do agree with you about JR and Sue Ellen&#039;s relationship failing, but this one did as well. It would have been far more entertaining to see JR in a relationship with someone he could scheme and be evil with. Seeing JR have intellectual interactions and connect with a woman on a much more personal level like he could have with Katherine would have been so much better than just seeing him with the adoring sex toy that Mandy was with her annoying &quot;Oh, but this is wrong!&quot; sentiment. JR needed a woman who agreed that everything he believed in was RIGHT.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Presea, post: 79261, member: 24"] Actually, research has proven that couples who have more in common are much more likely to survive than those who have more differences. The saying "opposites attract", may sound romantic, but it does not generally (although it is still possible to work in some cases) turn out more successful relationships. It is possible for someone to have a quality that their partner doesn't that can complement them, but this is not technically related to the "opposites attract" theory. I learned all of this from taking Psychology of Interpersonal Relationships. A lovely little class that can also point out all of the things that were wrong in JR and Sue Ellen's relationship as well. JR and Mandy had no real, meaningful relationship beyond sex. His fascination with her faded and died since he chose not to pursue her at the end. I do agree with you about JR and Sue Ellen's relationship failing, but this one did as well. It would have been far more entertaining to see JR in a relationship with someone he could scheme and be evil with. Seeing JR have intellectual interactions and connect with a woman on a much more personal level like he could have with Katherine would have been so much better than just seeing him with the adoring sex toy that Mandy was with her annoying "Oh, but this is wrong!" sentiment. JR needed a woman who agreed that everything he believed in was RIGHT. [/QUOTE]

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