Compatibility
How to know if you are compatible
Chemistry tells you that a spark exists. Compatibility tells you whether the spark has somewhere to live.
People often treat compatibility as a vibe. Vibe is the first hour. Compatibility is the third month, when nobody is performing and someone has a bad week.
Watch the values under the opinions
You do not need identical politics, faith or hobbies. You do need overlapping answers to: How do we treat people with less power? What does honesty cost? What does rest look like? Who gets sacrificed when work gets loud?
Rhythm matters more than romance novels admit
A night-owl and a dawn person can work. A person who needs daily texting and a person who goes quiet under stress need a negotiated language, or they will invent stories about each other.
Ask how they recharge. Then believe the answer when you see it. How you communicate is usually the first data point.
Compatibility is practised
You cannot fully know compatibility from a bio. You can notice whether repair is possible. That is enough to decide whether to keep dating.
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