In this week’s episode of A Little Something to Wine About Podcast we look at compromise and sacrifice in relationships, from what they actually mean and how men and women compromise and sacrifice differently, to the sacrifices people make to be in a relationship and society’s influence. Would you compromise or sacrifice things about yourself to be in a relationship? If you compromised to be in a relationship, would you be more or less willing to compromise or sacrifice once in it?
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Episode Timeline
0:00 Intro and This Week’s Wines
7:13 Compromise vs. Sacrifice in Relationships
- 7:13 Definitions of “compromise” and “sacrifice”
- 9:12 Effective communication
- 10:49 Compromise (vs. Sacrifice)
- 17:12 “Always”, “never” and extremes
- 20:00 Sacrifice
- 21:24 Sacrifice differences between genders
- 26:21 Impact of societal influences and values on sacrificing and compromising
- 31:50 Sacrificing to compromise and keeping score
- 34:35 Sacrifices in choosing a partner
- 45:44 Sacrificing to be in a relationship
- 49:00 Emotions
- 54:38 Final thoughts and key points on sacrificing