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Birth order compatibility:
Your best - and worst - matches for love
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What are the worst combinations?
Middle child married to a middle child: This relationship has the potential to go either way. If one of the middle-borns has first-born tendencies and one has last-born tendencies and traits, this can be a good match.
On the other hand, if both partners share the solid and secretive characteristics of middle borns, communication is likely to suffer - though you'll do well compromising to get along and keep the peace. This match has the least chance of experiencing marital infidelity.
Middle child married to last born: Works best if the middle born has some first-born tendencies. If the middle is a true middle, she may find himself pulled into the last-born's more irresponsible lifestyle, creating the problems seen in a last-born to last-born marriage. If she has last-born tendencies, there could be trouble. If she has first-born traits, then a great match.
Last born married to a last born: Be careful here. You may have fun, but you'll also feel like life is getting a little out of control, with nobody in charge. Even last-borns can handle controlled chaos for only so long.
Worst birth order mix
Only-child female and an only-child male: Not only will the two butt heads, but neither will have much of a clue about the other gender.
Female last-born with no brothers and male last-born with no sisters: Not only are you compounding the problems of two last-borns, but neither really knows very much about the opposite sex - at least in a psychological sense - and so wouldn't be particularly understanding and supportive of each other.
From The Birth Order Connection (Revell, September 2001)
How do you fit into the mix? Do you think your birth order hasinfluenced your personality?
What are the worst combinations?
Middle child married to a middle child: This relationship has the potential to go either way. If one of the middle-borns has first-born tendencies and one has last-born tendencies and traits, this can be a good match.
On the other hand, if both partners share the solid and secretive characteristics of middle borns, communication is likely to suffer - though you'll do well compromising to get along and keep the peace. This match has the least chance of experiencing marital infidelity.
Middle child married to last born: Works best if the middle born has some first-born tendencies. If the middle is a true middle, she may find himself pulled into the last-born's more irresponsible lifestyle, creating the problems seen in a last-born to last-born marriage. If she has last-born tendencies, there could be trouble. If she has first-born traits, then a great match.
Last born married to a last born: Be careful here. You may have fun, but you'll also feel like life is getting a little out of control, with nobody in charge. Even last-borns can handle controlled chaos for only so long.
Worst birth order mix
Only-child female and an only-child male: Not only will the two butt heads, but neither will have much of a clue about the other gender.
Female last-born with no brothers and male last-born with no sisters: Not only are you compounding the problems of two last-borns, but neither really knows very much about the opposite sex - at least in a psychological sense - and so wouldn't be particularly understanding and supportive of each other.
From The Birth Order Connection (Revell, September 2001)
How do you fit into the mix? Do you think your birth order has
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