Years ago my husband went into an appliance store for something, then came home.
I went to the same store in the afternoon, talked to a salesman, and said my husband was in earlier for something. He asked, you mean the angry looking guy?
Years later, I was in labor with our first son. Our family doctor delivered him, and told me later "I was kind of scared of your husband"
When I told my husband, on both occasions, his comment, "Good"
We are a case of 'opposites attract.' He is very serious, very left brained. I am a cup is half full type of gal, right brain/left brain (I didn't know there was such a thing and was glad I learned of it, it explained me to myself)
I guess his way has helped him in his work, and I have learned to be more serious - one of the reasons I married him. He did some union work for years, maybe 15, and I use to kid him about his 'union' face.
One advantage I remember: He used to do our taxes and did not agree with the IRS about something ($1000 difference) We paid what they told us to pay, but it got to the point that he had to go talk to them, somewhere. He came back victorious. He is always so calm, just states the facts, and I suspect that is why the people even listened to him.
He doesn't see any reason to change and to me, he's the guy I married, if I didn't like it, why did I marry him?