In June 2004, aspiring country singer Jessica Harp packed everything into her car and left her Kansas City, MO, hometown for Tennessee to finalize a recording contract with Nashville indie-label Dualtone Music Group. Fate intervened when her best friend Michelle Branch called somewhere along the way and asked her to form a country/pop duo, which the girls dubbed TheWreckers.
Jessica Harp is now releasing her country solo debut, A Woman Needs. The first single off her new album is "Boy Like Me" is about meeting "the right one". You can watch the video to the song below.
Gather wants to know how a significant other in your life has been just like you.What did you have in common to help you connect? Share your responses in the comment field below. Gather will draw one respondent to receive a $50 iTunes gift card! Two other respondents will be drawn to receive a copy of Jessica Harp's new album A Woman Needs once it is released this spring. Comments must be posted by Wednesday, May 27th.
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We both want what is best for our children and will go to any length in order to help them reach their goals, dreams and desires!
My dear friend has been just like me in the fact that he knows when i am having a bad day and will take the kid out for ice cream or to the park. He and i think alike in the area of the kids he wants to keep them as normal as possible even if thier home life is a wreck. He wants them to remember good times and not the bad times with me.
We're also major music fans, and a constant topic in conversation is checking out new things that we can listen to, and telling each other what new song we've heard.
Joe and I are so much alike sometimes it's scary, but that's part of what makes our relationship fun.
There are other ways we are similar, we both love making and getting home-made gifts. We enjoy the outdoors. We are theatre people and enjoy the arts.
Both of our faces light up when we see our children and our grandson. Our dogs keep us entertained and we are fans of crime investigation shows.
As you can see we have a bit in common. Music is where our tastes sometimes differ! It's a good thing because I think variety is important in keeping a marriage interesting.
I have 2 really close friends and when I start thinking about them they contact me one way or another..use to be the phone, still is if the call at work. We just know when it's time to call....it's that internal connection!
For example, I love flowers and even though he could care less about them he would stop to smell, enjoy the sight of and even pick some with or for me. I am very much a little details, of the moment type of person and you don't find a lot of guys that are thinking about the next dollar or where they need to get tomorrow. It was very refreshing.
We're both gamers, and met on a gaming site, originally. We're into a lot of the same hobbies, but not all, so that we have a lot we do together, and still have our own interests we pursue apart. (He appreciates that I'm not one of those wives/girlfriends who doesn't get gaming or his other hobbies and hassles him about it.) We're both very wolfish, aloof until we know someone, very protective of our family and friends, and often find ourselves in the role of pathfinders and teachers. We're also both mixed blood Native, with a deep appreciation of our culture. I'm sure how much we really understand each other is why we're still together after nine years, with all we've been through.
I said to my best friend that night at work,
"did you ever meet someone and you would marry them today if they asked you?"
I just KNEW he was the one.
She told me I was crazy, and I was.... crazy in love at first sight.
Hubby and I married 4 short months after that, and it's been 18 years of fun and laughter.
There has been hard times but we always make it through them together.
We like the same sort of movies (stupid, funny slapstick ones) and we both can't chew gum because we end up swallowing it after like 2 minutes.
We both love animals and have a problem saying "no" to housing a stray.
Sure there are things we don't have in common, but even they compliment each other.
(I'm always early, and he'd be late without me)
I think it's our common bonds that allow us to look at the world in that crazy not too serious sort of way.
Just yesterday after a movie when we caught up with eachother again, we had the same thought that "man it's weird to get out of a movie when it's still light outside"?
I married my best friend... only took me three tries to get there :)
The reason most of our past relationships did not work, is because we compared the others to each other and no one stacked up right.
1. We love each dearly without recriminations.
2. We both are religious.
3. Our values are the very much the same. We agree of every point of parenting. We provide a united front when it comes to guiding our kids.
4. Both of us love the Cincinnati Bengals! Go Bengals go!
5. Our favorite shows we watch together are: Smallville, The Simpsons, Family Guy and a few other programs.
6. We don't ever judge each other, or get jealous of other friendships we have. We're very secure in our love for each other. That we barely ever argue.
7. Our love for our kids knows no bounds. We'd do just about anything for them.
Of course I could go on.. But, that might take forever. So, I will stop here.
Besides my husband, I have never found another person I could talk to on every level and enjoy it. Even now after 4 1/2 years we are each others best friends. We share our dreams, goals, beliefs, and lifestyle down to crossing the T's and dotting the I's. The first time he wrote me a letter I had to look twice - we have the same handwriting! No lie. It was insane.
We both enjoy outdoor activities, relaxing while fishing or going for a walk. Neither one of us watches tv - so we don't have cable. We cook together, clean together, read together, talk together.
He is my better half - and a definite part of me. Everyone who knows us thinks it's uncanny how we are so much alike - weirdos like us who found each other. :)
In those few ways we a different, the differences compliment each other. The term "Soul Mate" was created for us, I think. We both wish we had crossed paths when we were younger, as we only met in our forties, but we cherish each day.
My husband and I have known each other since first grade. We even walked down the aisle together at graduation but we were not dating at that point. We were just really good friends. We did not date until the summer we graduated. By then we were so comfortable together that it was natural.
We had already been hunting together, camping together with friends and many other things. We knew what each other was like without the "pretend" that many people do when they date.
We got married the December after we graduated. We have been married now for 30 plus years and we are so much alike that it is scary. However we are also different. It seems that the things he is really good at I am not. The things that I am really good at he is not so we actually compliment each other in that way.
He is my best friend and I can't imagine life without him.
My husband and I are just as much a like as we are different. We grew up in different parts of the world, in completely different cultures and our childhoods were very different. When we met in college it was an instant connection that brought us together as we both had great ambitions for our future and were workaholics. We were both struggling to make ends meet, we worked several campus jobs and while our friends were out partying and drinking, we would be home studying or working.
In all the time that we have known each other we have faced many obstacles but because we had the same values for hard work and family we have made our relationship work no matter how many miles were between us or what obstacles we have faced.
Actually, music is what connected me and my husband together. We are both avid collectors of music. And our first phone conversation was based on what he likes compared to what I like. Maybe it would of worked out if we hadn't had the music connection, but I don't think so. When we got married it was fun to see our CD collection together. We had a lot of duplicates! :)
Gather wants to know how a significant other in your life has been just like you.: My husband is a lot like me in the fact that he is very eacy going & like a wide variey of music. We can enjoy bluegrass, country, oldies, pop, jazz...etc. We also love to relax together at home, doing stuff around the house - we are best-friends.
I used to despise country music, so, to keep myself awake on long commutes, I started listening to country music. (On the theory that the annoyance would keep me irritated and thus alert.) Well, I got caught listening and enjoying it by my Sig.O. Who then started listening to country music on her radio and started to enjoy it. Following that, I started listening to a local news/talk radio station for the traffic reports. Yep, she picked up on that as well, and now that's nearly all she listens to in her car. Unless I'm driving, and sometimes she will switch to a country station for me. (I still like the news and traffic reports, just can't stand the opinionated blowhards that blow, hard.) But wait, there's more...We are both at this very moment posting comments on Gather. Again, an activity I started, and which she picked up on, and embraced whole-heartedly. Watch out for our photographs!
We both love the same kind of music and share the same philosophy about life. We usually finish sentences for each other, and come up with the same thoughts at the same time. It's like having life in stereo!
we like to play the same games, we both like to go shooting, we watch some of the same movies, and we both love our childeren.
The Househusband and I have our share of differences, but we have a lot more similarities. We both love eating fish, Mexcan food and pie. We like the same brand of peanut butter, toothpaste, shampoo (which is important in keeping harmony). We lke about 95% of the same TV shows (I enjoy watching golf, horseracing and tennis -- he doesn't)
We fell into a comfortable relationship 33 years ago and through thick and thin we've been there for each other. One of the reasons we stay so happy is that we each take time to pursue our own interests and then come back together to share what we've found.
My fiance and I both have a great sense of humor and it's gotten us past a few rough patches. As far as I'm concerned, a good sense of humor is a requirement in making a relationship work.
In both cases they were nearly as fascinated with me as I was.
My boyfriend and I have a lot in common. We went to the same college, we both love writing and photography. We enjoy much of the same music and movies, and even the same kinds of food.
We had the same sort of upbringing because we grew up a few miles apart and didn't know each other until we were hundreds of miles apart in college. Our families get along well and it has brought us very close together.
My husband and I both loved car racing, both Indy and drag. We also loved getting together with friends at the movies. We were interested in what the other person was interested in because it made them happy to share it with each other.
We were both big music fans and are still ones to this day. We both enjoyed learning new things. Reading was a big part of both of us. It still is almost 40 years later.
Basically, my husband and I are very different, but we are just like each other in our love for each other and our love for and pride in our son.
My husband and I are VERY different people in terms of our personalities - but we have just the right amount in common to make our relationship work so well. We we raised with very similar morals and beliefs in terms of how we live our lives and treat other people. We met in an organization in college - with the group we spent a lot of time together as friends...volunteering for charities, taking trips, and hanging out having a good time. We both LOVED the group and everything it stood for - which said a lot for how much we had in common. We've also found that we share a liking for a variety of things, such as puzzles, wine, cooking, and camping. And, we've discovered recently that we both say our favorite way to spend an evening is at home, relaxing with each other, cooking dinner, and enjoying a movie, game, etc.
Gather wants to know how a significant other in your life has been just like you. What did you have in common to help you connect? Food! Seriously... DH and I both share a love for food. We both love to try new things and take food very seriously.
My husband and I are complete opposites and so much alike all at one time that it is amazing. It's like we come from two different directions but still end up at the same point for the most part. We have similar tastes in music and tv. We're both computer people. We both have that sarcastic, stupid sense of humor although mine leans more towards humor while he is over on the stupid side :-) We have similar views on our goals for the kids and all of that stuff.
Plus we both think I'm great! :-) (And that I really deserve a gift card!)
My SO & I are alike in a major way that maybe isn't so great... we both love to spend money & spoil ourselves, but neither of us HAS a lot of money! But it's not so bad... I have learned to curtail my spending, budget, & use coupons, & it is actually fun to organize shopping trips with him to nag him about it as well ;)
My husband and I are so much alike. we are different in some ways but most of the time we think the same and know what each other are thinking. We have been married for almost 12 years and if I start to say something completely off topic he can say it before me. My mom says that's not normal but I think it's great.
My husband and I were NOT the same at all when we got together. In fact we are polar opposites and it worked well for us because we balanced each other out big time!
He was super passive and I was way assertive, through they years we have mellowed each other out. In time of stress our old passive/ assertive ways come out but we know that we can pull back and allow the other to handle a situation if that is the better route.
We don't rely on the other person to complete us or to "make us a better person", we've used one another to learn how to become better ourselves. We are two complete people who were positivly shaped by the other persons attributes and every day we are learning how to be better people thanks to the example the other person sets.
It is hard to explain, hopefully I've made sense. It all makes perfect sense to me.
As lame as it sounds haha I once dated a boy who was literally like me in a boy version.. he had 2 passions... basketball and singing.. my 2 passions... and even better, and somewhat weird, his favorite band was mine as well haha the backstreet boys... seems creepy to all of you most likely but it was amazing to me.. best friend and boyfriend rolled all into one... i could drag him to any concert easily!!
I want to say hubby but I have to go with my sister. We are so close.
When I first met my hubby he had read only three books his entire life while I was an avid reader. Since we've been together, he loves reading. He even asks for books for Christmas each year.
We both love to travel even on a shoestring budget, we both strive to help our kids attain their goals (our 13 year old just completed advanced classes at school and home which paid off he got promoted from 7th grade to 9th grade this fall)
My husband and I first came together because we both liked board games. Then we found that we just enjoyed spending time together and could talk for hours and not run out of things to say.
My husband and I are a lot alike in many ways. We are both the "baby" of the family and similar backgrounds as far as education, religion, and the way we were raised. When we started dating we spent a lot of time playing cards and board games and found that we were good at challenging each other and we had a lot of fun.
We have a lot of the same hobbies and interests and yet we have our differences, too. We both love books..... I read romances and he reads sci-fi. I watch too many reality tv shows and he watches too many CSI type shows. We both love to cook and eat. We have been married for just about 30 years now. We love to spend time together, and we also give each other some space sometimes, too. After all these years we still respect each other and are best friends as well as husband and wife. We are also both Gather addicts.....lol.
Definitely through similar hobbies and backgrounds did we find a connection; with the exception of jobs and hair color, we're almost exactly alike! That's the key to truly bonding with anyone and strengthening the bond, and not wondering if you're in love with a stranger after time has passed.
my husband and i are alot alike because we have been through soooooooooooo much together including the loss of 2 of our children justin and ashley..in that way we both have sorrow and depression whenever it strikes.yet we get each other through somehow.