Different Than<p>My ex (technically still wife) and I have both commented on some of the commonalities of our partners for the last few years: liberal, in helping-type professions, and with a ridiculous amount more substance use experience and knowledge.</p><p>It has occurred to me that this is just baseline and not so interesting, really:</p><ul><li><p>No way would we have dated anyone conservative at this point in our lives</p></li><li><p>We both have connections to helping professions</p></li><li><p>We were Mormon for the ~20 years of our marriage, so yeah, everyone has more substance use experience and knowledge than we do.</p></li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>life</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/story" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>story</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/partners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>partners</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/marriage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>marriage</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/alcohol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alcohol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/drugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drugs</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/relationships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>relationships</span></a></p>