One thing I've learned about relationships...

India
July 27, 2007 11:58am CST
Ok, so post one thing about relationships you have learned or comment about one listed. No doubling up unlesss you have something new to add. 1) Compromise - Every person is different. No matter how well you get along with somebody, there will always be things that "get in the way". The only way to make things work is to accept your partner for who they are, and be able to "give a little". This way, you can accomodate their needs to the best of your ability and comfort.
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@sr0415 (1140)
• Philippines
28 Jul 07
TRUST - I believe that when you trust another person, love follows. It is an important ingredient in a relationship because when you got a partner, you'll share information with him. Personal info that you don't share to the rest of the world. If you don't have the trust, how will you be able to make the relationship work? Right? :)
• Philippines
28 Jul 07
one thing i've learned is, don't give it out the 100% leave a percent for yourself so when times that its no longer working you still have something for yourself and it would not be that bad somehow..we should not give everything, everybody needs a little for themselves even in a relationship..it will not hurt that much if you had given a portion to love your own self.
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• India
21 Aug 07
Take no relationship for granted. The moment you do that, you stop investing in that relationship and it starts to age, to rot, to wither away without nourishment. Investment need not be in cash or kind, it can be a gesture, a laughter, a look, a touch, a quarrel, a common dream, a sense of humour, a few caring words…so many things go to make a relationship last.
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@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
28 Jul 07
Dear, it is a universal fact that 'no one is perfect' everyone will have his minus and plus points. It is for us to accomodate him/her with his/her minus points. In ourselves also, we have many minus points, which we do not wish to highlight or discuss...or we do not wish others to pin-point our minus points. While, we immediately see others' minus points.......you are right....if we can ignore ....minus points of the other fellow...then only...we can adjust in our life... But my experience say...it is easier said than done...it requires lot of patience and forbearance to accomodate the other fellow...because her/his negative traits keep on coming into our mind prior to her/his positive traits. Such is the human tendency...that we keep aside a person's positive traits...and keep thinking about his negative traits...and in the process hurting ourselves.And we also think...that we have less minus points or negative traits than the other fellow...and the same line is thought by the other fellow.
@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
28 Jul 07
Outstanding post indeed! You appear to have learnt a lot in your life and you have become very very mature in your approach towards life. dpk
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@subathra (3519)
• India
21 Aug 07
What i have learned is adjustment and tolerance that is keeping me moving with relationships.Since i want the relationship to exits life long i always compromise with them to the maximum extent.
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@senthil2k (1500)
• India
28 Jul 07
"Dont expect". This is what I have learnt from the relationships. Many relationship broke, just because there is some expectation between the partners, which when not fulfilled, breaks the hears.
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@anousha (406)
• Mauritius
28 Jul 07
I was going to give the same response as u! I've personally experienced that you should not expect anything form anyone in life, be it ur partner, friend or parents coz the heart really breaks when they are not fulfilled. If someone does something nice for u let it be a surprise and don't expect anything else to happen from 'em...
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• Malaysia
28 Jul 07
Sometimes it is good to be able to compromise. I am a person who has long compromised with my spouse. However, this time I won't touch about compromise, but the opposite thing about it. I think sometimes we have to think about ourselves first before we think about others, even if they are spouses. I am saying this not because my husband is a terrible person, he is a nice person, but along the way there are some things that can't be compromised (to me, at least). To me it is better if I stand on my own principle about the things that I couldn't compromise and let him understand if things are going to change, it's him to make the compromise, not me. I hope you get what I mean. Have a nice day, friend.
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@anjoks (2080)
• Philippines
4 Aug 07
Loving someone is a mixture of happiness and hurt. So even if i'm hurting at times, i still hang on and stick with the relationship. (",)
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@rb200406 (1824)
• India
3 Aug 07
Ya this is right.You can't expect anybody to be like you.Everybody are different.If you expect that your partner will accept you as such you have to also have the mindset to accept him .There has to be compromise made for a successful realtionship.
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@dbhattji (2506)
• India
31 Jul 07
Every relationship is based on give and take, the proportion of each may be different in each relationship but if you are ready to give some then your relationship will be stable and happy.
@anita212 (117)
28 Jul 07
ok i dont really know maybe she si rite.. u shoudnt give evrythin' into a realitinship... cos if it doent work out ... u'll be soo lost dat u cant figure out urself... anymore... i also think u shoulnt compromise too much... jus' a lil' is okay... i mean as long ur ok... with teh compromise its fine... when u start forcing urself tehn u problems start... so dont force ur self... is my only advice...!! n if it not workin' out... then it si best to tell ur partner that n end it...!!!
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@prily9 (568)
• Indonesia
21 Aug 07
*Understanding* When your partner get mad you must cooling down and so the opposite. understand your partner behavior and try to match this. I don't mean that we loose when the partner get mad and we just keep silence. I can tell to my husband after he calmed down. and used to be worked that way. and he realized his mistakes.
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• China
28 Jul 07
right!@-@ every person is different~ then you even can not image other's different no compromise...
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