sacrificing values can not save relationships

@mrddln (457)
Philippines
July 18, 2007 5:28am CST
Every relationship demends sacrifices. Every relationship demands adjustments. It is give and take all the way. Some call it compromise. Others call it negotiation of needs. Whatever you call it, the truth is that we accept what our partner wants despite our being against it and vice versa many times. We all have our values. There are certain principles by which we live. We have acceptable and non acceptable adjustments ask a green activist to adjust to killing of whales. he/she would never do that. that is unaccpetable to them. THat goes against their value. Similarly for some people any extra marital love is totally unaccpetable. If they find out thier spouse was involved in one, the relationship may break. It is simple. i will never compromise on this et of values that I cherish. As I said earlier, eavry relationship is baed on give and take. For example I may be in great and passionate love with my partner. if he or she wants me to compromise on my values what should I do? I have two options if he or she does not not agree, I will either break my limits or break the relationship. Say, I break my values. What will happen to the relatonship? I will begin hating him/her for making me break my limits. i may wonder-why he or she could not respect my values? does he/she have no respect for what i think and value? why did he / she insist that I break my principles? why cannot he or she adjsut and agree to my point of view? Any compromise on highly cherished values will doom the relationship soon. You will be the loser in both ways.
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@jodenton (222)
18 Jul 07
I agree...it is tough! I often wonder whether the wives of top politicians who have radical (and perhaps in my point of view awful policies actually agree with them and how she sleeps at night/manages to give and take!). I ask this question of myself in my relationships lots of times but at the end of the day it is either I accept the compromise or file for divorce and when faced with that choice the answer is simple......perhaps I've never been pushed far enough!
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• India
18 Jul 07
sacrifice can never help u to maintain a relationship a true relationship has to accept and understand each others values and try to live with it that is reality... life is to live not to sacrifice
• Canada
18 Jul 07
Nothing was sacrificed when my fiance and I started our relationship. We had long talks about values and beliefs, and we came to many agreements. We didn't have to compromise much, because we both knew what we believed in, and we both agreed with eachother from the very beginning.