03 Aug When and How to Compromise in Relationships
We are all about communication here at Blaxity, but there is another C that is crucial to healthy, happy relationships, and that’s compromising. Learning how to compromise in relationships is just as important as learning how to communicate. However, some things should be compromised on, and some shouldn’t. This then ties in with having boundaries!
When and How To Compromise in Relationships
If you’re going to share your lives, a flexible approach to finding a happy medium is the only way to sustain your relationship. Learning when and how to compromise in relationships will ensure a long and healthy connection between you and your partners.
You are not your partner, nor your partner you. Eventually, no matter how perfect you may think your relationship is, issues will arise and agreements will have to be made in order for the relationship to continue effectively. This means that at some point in your relationship, you will need to sit your partner down and compromise on something.
For the stubborn and strong-willed amongst us, compromise is no easy thing to do. A lot of the time we wonder ” why should I have to compromise on this?” And well, you don’t. But refusing to compromise with your partner about certain things will eventually lead to resentment and inevitably, the relationship’s demise.
What Do Most Couples Compromise On?
We all like to think that we, our partners, and our relationships are so different compared to everyone else’s. In reality, we all go through the same situations and feel the same feelings as everyone else. Things like fighting with our partners over money, sex, time spent together, family events, children, etc, are things all couples do.
To get past these relationship hurdles, we need to communicate and compromise in relationships. When couples have been together for a while, it can seem as though the libidos that once matched very well, actually … arent. It’s a no-brainer that romance is key to any lasting, loving partnership, and regular physical closeness marks the difference between that and, well, just friendship.
Clearly, an imbalance in libido calls for a compromise so that both parties needs are fulfilled without accumulating resentment and dissatisfaction.
How To Compromise in Relationships
1. Agree to meet in the middle.
Even opposites can agree to some middle ground where there’s a will to do so. If you want to spend Saturday night with your friends playing cards but your partner wants to have a relaxing evening with you, invite your friends over for a couple of games and have them leave early enough so you can spend some quality relaxing time with your partner. If you’re going to share your lives, a flexible approach to finding a happy medium is the only way to sustain your relationship.
2. Take it in turns.
The approach here is to do something one person’s way this time and the other person’s way the next time. It’s easy enough to get started, but the tricky part is keeping things even and making sure that each partner gets their turn fairly. Undoubtedly, there are different ways to approach pretty much anything, deferring to each other alternately makes perfect sense and will appeal to most people’s idea of fair play.
3. Agree to the best of both.
This is the ultimate compromise, with each of you getting partial satisfaction as your wants/needs have been accommodated to some degree. When it comes down to it, the concept of a ‘partnership’ is all about equality, so finding a way to incorporate parts of each of your preferences into any decision will maintain harmony.
4. Try one way first, but agree to give in gracefully if it doesn’t work out.
This approach allows a tentative shift in how you handle a particular situation, giving you a chance to try a different solution. It’s an ideal method of trying new ways to handle thorny situations like family finances or child discipline, where you propose a change of tack which you believe may prove to be more effective. Your partner may not be convinced of the validity of your approach. However, the knowledge that it’s a potentially time-limited trial should give them the confidence to agree to the change.
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