Tl;DR: my boyfriend (of 6 years) always tries to dislike the things I like and always tries to be in opposition of everything i stand for or every one of my interests.
I am not sure why but for as long as we have been together my boyfriend will go out of his way to have different or opposite opinions and interests as me. If I say I like peach he says he hates peach it i say I hate licorice he says he loves licorice. If I say I don’t agree with a topic he’s always adding in “on the contraries” and throwing in his opinion which is always the complete opposite of my opinion. He does this a lot with movie genres, if I say I like a certain genre he will tear that genre to shreds, make fun of it make sure I know how much he hates it. Anytime I suggest we watch a movie i like he says ABSOLUTELY NOT and acts as if it would be actual torture for him.
It’s like he’s trying to prove that we are very different people or that we are our own individual people. Idk what it is but it’s so annoying.. like I get that being your own individual person it’s important but also having common ground is important and special as well and how can you have common ground if you don’t share any of the same interests? It seems as if he prides himself on having nothing in common with me and being SUCH an individual. It makes for such a boring and lonely relationship.
Am I exaggerating and is this normal behavior for many people? To be desperate to appear as their own, individual selves with no shared common interests between them and their partner?