How to increase the odds of divorce

Angela and Nate were probably married six months later and divorced several years after that. WHY? The clue is in the line "We have everything in common." Regular readers of this blog will remember a recent blog where I revealed evidence that indicates that couple who 'have everything in common" are not ideal partnerships for life. I reproduce the core of that message here below:

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The Hermann Brain Dominance Indicator divides people into 4 types: Blue - analyses, likes technical/financial accuracy, logical, asks 'what are the facts?'; Green - organises, likes to follow procedures, reliable, asks 'what is the sequence of events?'; Yellow - strategises, likes to conceptualise, imaginitive, asks 'how can the parts be put together?'; and Red - personalises, likes to know the effect on others, supportive, asks 'who's involved?' Now no one is simply all one colour. We are combinations of colours, and these combinations can be mapped. Just as an aside the facilitator mentioned that people who live together (cohabit) tend to have similar patterns (ie. the same personality characteristics or colour combinations) and people who follow the traditional route into marriage tend to have the opposite - that is, couples who fall in love and decide to shack up tend to have a lot in common and think that's the basis for an enduring relationship. But couples thinking seriously about spending the rest of their lives together must think about compensating characteristics in each other - how one's strengths will compensate for the other's weaknesses and vice versa. [Just imagine it: A messy, creative person living with another messy, creative person is fun at first, but then the trouble begins. An organiser living with an organiser will have no one to organise.]