Quote Originally Posted by jetson View Post
So this is your idea of what is right for you. This will be different for everyone..... people define their own happiness and standards or lack thereof.
Again your skewing my words. I'm not saying that religion is my biggest priority, I was using that as a hypothetical example of one case where compromise may or may not be worth the end result.

Quote Originally Posted by jetson View Post
No one has to change religions for a relationship to work. Two people can come together regardless of differences in religion or political beliefs. I've seen it happen, and with ease. It's a possibility, which is what I've been saying the whole time. lol......
You said it yourself, everybody will have different priorities for what about themselves or their goals can be compromised for a relationship. You can't possibly say "no one has to change religions for a relationship to work" given the billions of humans on earth, each with highly varying degrees of religious adherence and fanaticism from none at all to stark raving mad. It's not even fair to say it's possible in some cases, because in many instances the necessary compromises will override whatever desires the people have in terms of life goals, personal interests, and desires in relationships. It's about as possible for me to make a three-way lovefest between Rick Santorum and Fred Phelps as it is for me to be an 15-foot gorilla in a cage at the Oakland Zoo. Something merely being possible does not make it practical or reasonable to do, nor does it in any way mean the thing will happen consistently.

Quote Originally Posted by jetson View Post
No one has to give up their goals to make a relationship work.
Beg your pardon? You've been talking about the necessity of compromise in relationships this entire time.

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I think that many people choose easier options, and that makes sense. But that doesn't take away possibility.
Again with the naivete. Of course people choose easier options, because the harder options require far more work and compromise than both parties are willing to put up.

Quote Originally Posted by jetson View Post
I think an adaptable personality such as mine may believe they can adapt to almost any scenario and any person, and that prob helps to build my views, whereas someone who is more rigid may not understand this pov.
How old are you again? How many serious relationships have you been in?