Party Boy won’t be very interested as Therapy Junkie launches into one of his spiels, but at least Party Boy knows how to act like a good listener. And anyway, past a certain point Therapy Junkie really just wants to hear himself talk, so as long as Party Boy doesn’t seem rude, Therapy Junkie will be fairly content. Also, there are all the people that Party Boy can expose Therapy Junkie to, and at least a few of them are bound to be good listeners, too.

You’re two different people, but in ways that can be beneficial to you both. Therapy Junkie needs to lighten up, and Party Boy can certainly show him how to do so. In return, Therapy Junkie can demonstrate to Party Boy that it’s possible to explore less than rapturous memories and still function through a day of life. If Therapy Junkie can convinced Party Boy that some sort of therapy group is "fun," Party Boy might even get up the courage to attend and start to explore some of his own issues.

Your respective friends might wonder what each of you sees in each other, but you both like to engage people in conversation, so neither set of friends will dislike your partner outright. Underneath it all, you both crave acceptance from other people and feel that you didn’t get much of it while growing up. In contrasting ways, both of you are still reacting to wounds to the soul you received in the past. This can form a bond between you, and if the attraction is strong enough, it might get you past your differences so you can explore your common ground.

What Needs Work: After a while, Party Boy might think that Therapy Junkie is superneurotic and a drag, while Therapy Junkie will believe that Party Boy is in major denial about his unhappiness, and perhaps his use of drugs and alcohol. You both need to remember the qualities that draw you together that transcend all of that. You fell in love with what you both were, not what you weren’t. If you both are working on improving your own character, the defects of your partner will be in perspective.

As with certain other combinations, the two of you have different social worlds, and so you should each create your own set of friends and find at least one activity you can do together. It might be especially useful for you to volunteer for a worthy cause. Party Boy probably attends a lot of fund-raisers, but he could benefit by actually making phone calls or running errands himself. It can bring a healthy groundedness into his life. Therapy Junkie will find it useful to get out of his head and realize that people out there have to live with some pretty serious problems. And when the two of you work together in a love relationship, the sense of reward you feel for helping other people will be that much stronger.

Given your perpetual boyishness, neither of you enjoys accepting adult responsibility for your actions. Emotional upsets tend to be seen as someone else’s fault, and since you’re boyfriends, you each have a convenient person to blame everything on. You can also be irresponsible with finances. Party Boy has difficulty comprehending that a bill collector can actually be taking it all seriously, while Therapy Junkie will feel that morally he doesn’t have to pay up because the bill collector is being so mean. You need to work on yourselves so that you can enjoy a mature, man-to-man way of life.