Relationships are all about the give and take, you've got to give a little to get a little. It's not always about how much you enjoy having sex with the other person, if it was you'd just be sleeping with them you wouldn't be committed to them. If you really care about your boy/girlfriend then any compromise should be worth it. So for your relationship to work well for both of you, communication and compromise are fundamental. Maybe your boyfriend is too lazy to go meet you somewhere, or your girlfriend refuses to pay for anything you do together or maybe you both aren't making enough time for the other because of work and college. So, you need to have chats and compromising to find what works for both of you. However, you shouldn't compromise on everything. Sometimes there's a line that neither of you should cross. There are things that you won't compromise on, because that would mean that you wouldn't be being yourself. The give and take phrase does not mean that you should give up your dreams and beliefs for your girl/boyfriend's. The following are certain things that you definitely shouldn't compromise on.
Your Social Life
You had friends before you started dating, so you shouldn' give up on them just because you're not single anymore. You need to be able to hang out with your friends without your girl/boyfriend without them. It wouldn't be healthy to just hang out with only your partner, you would go insane, and be incredibly boring.If your partner insists on you only hanging out with them, I'd dump them. That's a sign of severe insecurity and obsessiveness. Not healthy at all.
Your Personal Morals & Values
Throughout your life, you're going to form your own opinions and values. You, of course, might be attracted and even date someone who has the complete opposite opinions and values as you, but you shouldn't be pressured into seeing things their way. If you disagree too much, you're probably not working as a couple - sorry. You should never change your values for someone else's, not unless they convince you through logical reasoning.
Your Passions & Interests
Your Independence & Privacy
You should be able to do your own thing. You need your own space. You can make your own decisions and you should. Just because you're in a relationship it doesn't mean that you have to tell them absolutely every single detail about yourself and your life. Obviously, you shouldn't keep secrets from them that they deserve to know (cheating, whether or not you have a venereal disease). You shouldn’t have to give up your privacy and independence just because you've agreed to only sleep with them. Things have moved along in the last few decades.
Mutual Respect & Equality
Girls can and should buy guys dinner every now and again and guys can cook dinner every once in a while. You should be partners nothing less, equal in pretty much everything. You shouldn't be forced or force them to do something that they aren't into, or use physical or verbal violence to get your way. It's not acceptable and should never be put up with. If you really cared about each other you wouldn't even consider it.
