康 橋／選注

Opposites Attract，but Maybe Just Before the Marriage

男人來自火星，女人來自金星。男人和女人是如此地不同，但也許這正是他們相互吸引的原因。

Opposites attract. Sounds like something one might learn in Science 101， doesn't it? But this terse cliche goes much deeper than， say， beauty， which is， after all， only skin deep，according to another old saying. Indeed， the real reason such maxims survive is because， trite or not， they're so darned true.

The first hint of the truth in this bit of folk wisdom was to be imparted to me by a gaudily dressed gypsy at a carnival. Her ringed hands hovered over a murky crystal.ball as she intoned， \"You will meet a fascinating person of the opposite sex.\"