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Com­pro­mise is a para­mount part of any rela­tion­ship. How­ever in roman­tic rela­tion­ships it plays a much larger role. It’s almost like we have to have some men­tal stan­dard in our head that we aren’t will­ing to cross. In our per­sonal rela­tion­ships we decide: how much we’re will­ing to tol­er­ate, how much of our­selves we’re will­ing to sac­ri­fice for the sake of another, what degree of behav­ior we can accept from those we care about and how much of our needs we’ll put aside for the sake of being agree­able.  It’s tough to stick to your guns when you care about some­one. You want to be flex­i­ble with­out becom­ing a door­mat. Some­times our men­tal lim­its are more restric­tive than our emo­tional limits.  We know we should walk away; our hearts con­vince us not to.  It can be tough at times to fig­ure out how much is too much. Read More »