Doing things together is paramount in any relationship. Compatibility becomes secondary; for you will simply drift apart if the only thing you do together is hidden in the dark. Opposites indeed attract, but similarities cause a stable attraction as well.

My experience was that my girlfriend and I have struggled to keep our relationship from stagnating at the start. I worked in an office in a 9 to 5 job, while she was more free from the normal metropolitan lifestyle. With our lifestyles so very different, we had a job keeping pace with the other.

And then one night, I noticed the fashionable jewelry she was wearing. it wasn’t made out of anything expensive, but we weren’t really out to impress each other at the time. When I asked her where she got it, she simply said that she made it herself. Apparently, she loved making small but beautiful trinkets for herself and her friends.

Something clicked in my head after a while. Being of an entrepreneurial mind, I pitched an idea to her and tried to sell her the idea of, well, selling her crafts at a craft show. I could manage the business-side of it; I’ll handle the talking to people part of the job so a stall could be organized. She would be in charge of making the supply of items to be sold, and we would be in business.

That was around two years ago, and now I’m happy to note our relationship is stronger than it was before. From humble beginnings as a small part-time business, we have graduated to a full-time job. I regularly go to the Florida Fairs website and look for ideal venues for us and I contact the event organizers regarding booth packages. She, on the other hand, handles the more human part of the job; talking and interacting with the other crafts people around the fair.

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