Mismatched Matching Sock Theory of Partnership

In talking with my host parents tonight a couple hours after the kids had gone to bed we ended up on a conversation about love, finding "the one", standards, etc. etc. Jen predicted that I'd be 25 1/2 when that day comes that I meet "the one". Then I mentioned that if I didn't care about values, morals, faith, etc that I could have been married a long time ago. This is when Daniel and I got to theorizing and came up with the Mismatched Matching Sock Theory of Partnership.

Picture a sock drawer. A few here and there are paired up, but most of them aren't and are just laying in the drawer all mixed in with the other nonpaired socks. You are standing there holding a sock, your favorite sock - purple, pink, yellow, and green polka dots with a blue toe and heel. You really really need to find the other one. You've mixed the socks up a bit turning the pile over and over. You've shoved some to the side only to have them mix in again during your frantic search. You've taken out all the socks one by one and set them aside so you don't keep going over the same wrong socks. You've even contemplated just throwing the sock in your hand back in the drawer and calling it quits. But then... then you find it... the purple, pink, yellow, and blue zebra print sock with a green toe and heel. You've found the one sock you've been searching for! The pair is complete!!!

Now, those of you reading this are probably thinking - Complete? Those two socks aren't the same! To that I say, well of course not. You wouldn't want the two socks to be the EXACT same, because that would be boring and has been known to cause a few arguments between the two. The two socks in this scenario compliment each other by having similar characteristics (color and style) but still get to be their own sock by having different patterns.

Here's to everyone finding their Mismatched Matching Sock!!!