@themoderndreamgirl: Yall are out here compromising on everything and I think that’s just crazy #themoderndreamgirl #women #marriage #relationships #men
Why would I choose a life of constant compromise? Why wouldn’t I choose a partner whose interests and preferences align with mine? People need to stop partnering just for the sake of having a partner. My husband is my best friend and we genuinely like each other. Rarely is a compromise needed. We’ve been together for over 18 years.
2026-07-02 16:52:56
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Erica :
That’s why I don’t understand it when couple have completely different beliefs and interests
2026-07-02 18:39:15
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Brittney :
I think this idea is just so foreign because most people are not clones of their partners. People have different hobbies, interests, values, levels of cleanliness. So when you’re merging your lives you have to change how you once did things to find a new way of doing them together. To me compromise doesn’t mean I’m doing something I don’t want to. It means I’m changing what I would do on my own to do something that works for me and someone else. But it could still be something I enjoy
2026-07-02 20:45:34
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Vanna Reyne :
I agree with the examples from your other video, but I also think it is next to impossible for most people to have things work out that perfectly. I do think there will always be some compromising, but it shouldn't be unequal, or frequent. Leave if it is to much of a burden on one person.
2026-07-02 19:48:27
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Nonstop Anarchy :
You are speaking of Collaborative Problem Solving. People confuse it with compromise because they don’t understand the concept of both people getting what they want
2026-07-03 01:40:28
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Noah :
Oxford study
2026-07-04 18:23:39
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sistasisii :
my ex hated when we didnt do everything together. yeaaa im staying single for a while
2026-07-02 22:38:25
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Katie :
Oh dang, I didn't realize that I'm also not compromising in the same ways you are! I genuinely didn't know this is what people were talking about when they were talking about compromising.
2026-07-03 01:42:20
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Lydia 💐 :
I feel this deeply. It’s funny you brought up food because that’s one area where my fiancé and I are pretty different- the “compromise” is that when we don’t agree on what to cook or pick up he will get what he wants and I’ll get what I want 🤷🏼♀️both of us are extremely similar and tend to be happy to just do whatever with the other person 💞
2026-07-02 20:52:58
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Jilly :
Early on when my fiancé and I were dating and seriously talking about getting engaged, he asked me where I’d want to raise a family. And I told him how I thought it would be better to live near my family because they can help support us with kids more than his can and how I think I’d feel more safe being closer to my family and friends (our families are 9hrs apart and we currently live by his family) but I said how I would feel bad taking him away from everything and everyone he’s ever known (he grew up here and hasn’t lived anywhere else, I moved here for school), and he simply responded with “it’s settled.” To him, it was no debate, I didn’t have to beg him, it was just a no brainer. He says he doesn’t feel like he’s sacrificing anything for me and he wants what’s best for us and our future children and he’ll be happy as long as he’s with me :)
2026-07-03 06:05:12
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janeanne79 :
This is what I was thinking too! I’m with my husband bc we actually have things in common and enjoy each other’s company. But when we don’t want to do the same thing, we simply do our own thing… separately.
2026-07-02 21:12:46
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Kevin :
Do what you want. Find someone that does what they want. Marry them if you like enough of the same stuff to enjoy being alive. Don’t marry them if you feel like life sucks more doing stuff together or you’re not doing enough together.
2026-07-02 23:36:58
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Aanchie 🧿 :
Yes!!!
2026-07-03 08:34:36
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puff :
Please never stop posting these videos. It’s really helping me navigate what i want in my future relationships and what i deserve! Your videos are super helpful! I wanna be just like you!!!!
2026-07-02 18:52:16
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T Pow 💥 :
When we want to eat different things it's called "choose your own dinner adventure"
2026-07-02 18:41:06
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MayB :
He likes games and I like books: I get to stroll around bookstores while he plays his games. Neither of us compromise our interests. I go to concerts, he doesn’t. It’s odd that people expect you to be miserable and become a completely different person after marriage.
2026-07-02 19:24:08
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Farah :
I’ve always noticed most people aren’t in relationships with people that they align with. They either just ended up in a relationship for the sake of it, or its based on what people call ‘chemistry’. Alignment should literally be the foundation upon any relationship in your life
2026-07-02 21:30:31
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Jordan (allegedly) :
Your dinner example is perfect, because that’s what people always use as an example of compromise. Or like they’ll say “I let him pick the movie”. Honey, that’s just being a nice partner. I’m not making myself uncomfortable, or expecting him to, you moved 1500 miles away from everyone you know because he wanted to; you don’t go out with your friends anymore because he throws a fit when you do. You’re compromising your comfort for his. I will not do that.
2026-07-03 02:22:50
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carosyrup59 :
I feel like my whole marriage ive just been following my man around doing whatever he wants to do. ive gotten better about just saying nah I dont wana do that u go have fun tho but he called me a buzz kill when I didnt wana go to the car show but like the music is so loud and it smells bad and theres so many ppl and I hate it there. theres alot wrong with our marriage anyway and I am trying to come up with a plan to leave but I find it hard to believe theres a man out there who would actually enjoy all the same things I do. so ill probably spend the rest of my days single and im fine with that honestly
2026-07-03 14:28:04
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A.J. Morton | Author :
It’s just called being compatible like 🧍🏽
2026-07-02 21:09:05
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Nymphouria :
Yeah me and my girl always want to do the same stuff 😍
2026-07-03 03:11:41
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Sara ✨💖 :
I think people often conflate compromise with sacrifice.
2026-07-03 04:16:21
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Crunchwrap Supreme :
She’s a child
2026-07-03 22:25:03
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