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[quote=Anonymous]Introverts aren’t one size fits all, nor are extroverts. I am an introvert married to an extrovert. I spend much more time with my kids than DH does due to his work and travel schedule, and I love being around them. I also love alone time. When and if DH offers to take them somewhere without me, I usually revel in the solitude. When the kids were very little and almost always needed/wanted me, that was a mental challenge and DH stepped up to give me alone time for at least an hour every weekend; sometimes more. He wasn’t resentful, because he really didn’t get tons of time with them.

I’m not sure exactly what you mean by “how do you make it work.” DH loves being around strangers and friends alike in a way that I tend to avoid. I still love occasionally having friends and family as houseguests, going to parties or dinner with people that I like, spending time with the in laws. I don’t get a charge out of meeting new people, like DH does. I sometimes suck it up and go to a gathering with a bunch of people who are his coworkers but strangers to me, or other people that I don’t know well (it’s not just the extrovert who rises to the challenges of an extro/introvert relationship). None of these things are a strain on our marriage, and neither of us has grown tired of the other after 20 years together. There are strengths and weaknesses to both our characters, and neither of us views the other as inferior because of them.[/quote]

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