Monday, July 6, 2009
Compromising
"Relationships, no matter how good are inevitably a series of compromises, but how much of ourselves should we be willing to sacrifice for the other person before we stop being ourselves. In a relationship, when does the art of compromise become compromising?" Carrie Bradshaw, Sex and the City, Season 3 Episode 57 (Sex and the Country)
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My Spanish Bradshaw I miss ur post! Funny I just had a similar conversation with my well special friend about compromising ..... Interesting
I think compromise is coming together with each other. Neediness is loosing yourself in someone. If who I am doesn't make you happy then I have to loose myself to please you and that doesn't work!
Thats sounds like waaay to much thinking. Enjoy a relationship for what it is. Quoting a show like sex and the city, hmm dont know how i feel about that.
It seems like women are always the ones compromising the most. Agree or disagree? I'm all for compromise, but it has to be 50/50 or close to it. I'm determined to make sure that whoever I'm compromising for is willing to compromise for me when needed.
Any successful relationship inevitably requires compromise on both ends. I agree with DWiz in that both parties have to equally contribute. When does it become compromising? I believe it becomes unhealthy when you no longer feel you can be yourself and/or aren't able to enjoy what makes you happy. Unfortunately we all have our flaws and in relationships we have to learn to take the good with the bad. As long as the bad isn't affecting the relationship. No one is perfect.
I agree with some of you guys....but we all compromise in relationships in order for them to be successful (i think and thats okay!). Sometimes you need to be there for each other when those compromises happen. But when the right person comes along and you want things to really work out you can compromise wihtout giving away all of who you are and ... Read Moreenjoy as an individual in a two way relationship. I dont think we ever stop compromising...i think we just stop being ourseves when we give up all of ourselves to another person...u gotta do it in doses with compromising and keeping your own individual values and self
Sex and the city seriouly has sooooooo many relationship do and dont and i just love that show...lots of advice
Thanks for your comments so far everyone. I know this can be a touchy topic.
My dear Michael, sorry to break it to you, but Sex and the City was and still is one of thee top-rated, controvercial, relationship shows in TV history. Not sure if you've ever actually watched a show, let alone the entire 6 seasons, but the ENTIRE show (and movie) represents REAL LIFE in modern day America.
"The steady stream of issues that nearly every woman struggles to make sense of in life: yearning for children, balancing work and family, hoping for Prince Charming, realizing he's never coming, turning 50, trying to be smart about work and financial independence, confronting infidelity, fearing loneliness, finding forgiveness, appreciating the power of female friendship, figuring out when to say yes (and no) to sex and love." These are all major life issues that we (women especially) face in everyday life. One cannot truly experience a meaningful, long-term relationship by just having fun and enjoying it for what it is. This is not wayyy to much thinking. There are just wayyy to many things to contemplate, conversate, examine, determine and work on when you are in any stage of a relationship. Thoughts anyone...am I being that far fetched?
Quote from: www.Washingtonpost.com
Not far fetched at all, I completely agree with you Yomaris.
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