The art of compromise
Whenever the news hits the airwaves of a seemingly happy couple breaking up, you’ll wonder how they could have hidden unhappiness for so long.Many times it’s the art of compromise — sacrificing individual happiness for what you believe is the ultimate good.
Are you willing to compromise your happiness for a successful relationship?
Lezlie, 36:
Not at all. If I’m not happy then I’m not happy, and no relationship is worth me being miserable.
Sirjue, 31:
You can love someone and not be with them and I am more than willing to love from a distance. Some relationships can be very toxic and drain you of your happiness. Worst of all, if every day you have to put on a song and dance just to save face, it’s not worth it.
Lorraine, 40:
This would be a very unhealthy relationship that I wouldn’t want to be a part of. Who cares about what people think? My happiness is not going to be measured from the happiness of others.
Lenoy, 34:
I knew of a couple who hated each other but stayed together for a long time because they were in a certain position in life and they didn’t want people to know how terrible things were between them. So for years they acted like all was well until one day the man broke down and blurted out everything about their marriage.
Shernette, 30:
I couldn’t do it. It would go against all that I believed a relationship to be.
Warren, 35:
If a relationship isn’t working, then it isn’t working. It makes no sense to pretend and make a spectacle of yourself.
Kino, 28:
If I’m not happy then the relationship wouldn’t work. What would be the point of playing dolly house? How long could I fake my happiness? If I’m not happy, then the sham of a relationship would have to end.
Theresa, 32:
My happiness comes first and any man who can’t understand this has to understand that I am not the one for him.
Denique, 24:
No relationship can last based on a lie, so all the pretending and mockery would be in vain. It would just be giving life to something that has been dead for a long time.
