Relationships, am I right?
September 24, 2012 12:25 PM Subscribe
How can you be true to yourself and at the same time love someone completely despite their flaws?
Mefites, I would like to pull from the collective knowledge and experience of this group to see how you have reconciled various needs in your relationships. Have you accepted your partner for who they are, not matter whether this conflicts with your preferences? Have you required certain standards from your partner for the relationship to work? Has it been a combination of the two? Have you never had to deal with this at all because you and your partner blend together effortlessly, with no need for compromise? I would love to hear specific examples from your relationships with close friends or partners. Thanks, Mefi! You are always wise beyond your years.
Mefites, I would like to pull from the collective knowledge and experience of this group to see how you have reconciled various needs in your relationships. Have you accepted your partner for who they are, not matter whether this conflicts with your preferences? Have you required certain standards from your partner for the relationship to work? Has it been a combination of the two? Have you never had to deal with this at all because you and your partner blend together effortlessly, with no need for compromise? I would love to hear specific examples from your relationships with close friends or partners. Thanks, Mefi! You are always wise beyond your years.
This post was deleted for the following reason: Heya, this is way way too broad as stated to be workable as an Ask Metafilter question. Try and narrow this down to more of a request for guidance or advice on whatever your specific situation next week if there's a concrete problem you're looking for help with. -- cortex
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So, things I would never be willing to compromise on in a partner: honesty, integrity, respect for me.
Things I was willing to compromise on with my husband: religious and spiritual value mismatch (I am serious about Christianity; he is serious about atheism), recreational interests (I love sailing and dancing, both of which he abhors), problem-solving style (he likes to process conflicts way, way more than I do).
posted by Sidhedevil at 12:37 PM on September 24, 2012