Oftentimes, when we are having issues in relationships, we get pulled into in a battle of ego with our lover, which can be difficult to settle if both parties refuse to yield. During these times, it’s almost certain both sides think they are right, and attempt hard to let the other party admit to his/her own faults.
This kind of power struggle can be quite harmful to a relationship and can create all types of issues in relationships if it happens often. Then, the question becomes, if you really want to preserve your relationship, how far are you willing to bend your values? In order to keep your lover when you know he/she won’t give in, are you still willing to give up your values?
As you might have already experienced, it’s not easy to find the balance between maintaining our integrity and agreeing to disagree. To what degree can you strike a balance between your own integrity and saving your relationship, yet feel you’re not losing yourself in the process?
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Do you see the paradox in the question of whether you should give up your own integrity while still being able to preserve your relationship? What are we really preserving when we have to excessively bend our values to preserve the relationship? In my opinion, if we have to give up our own values so that we can keep our relationship, then the relationship is not loving anymore. A truly loving relationship is a relationship in which each person accepts and even values the differences between them.
We learn and grow from the problems in relationships. The question of whether we should give up our own integrity becomes non-important now if we can see the issue as both parties learning and growing from the opportunities presented by the problems faced by them in their relationship because they each bring their different values into the relationship.
Many partners in romantic relationships become much better persons and lovers when they learn and grow from their differences in relationship. When one or both partners are reluctant to see the differences as opportunities for growth, then they will have problems.
If one of the partners becomes annoyed when the other partner does not accept his/her differences, and is reluctant to work with the partner to solve the problem, then it can be difficult for both of them to learn from their differences. If this continues without any change, the other partner is directly or indirectly forced to accommodate or leave, which is definitely not a healthy situation.
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The outcome of conflicts in romantic relationship will depend on the intent of the partners during their struggle to handle their differences. Generally, whether to protect ourselves from the pain of relationship or to learn about love are what romantic partners need to decide upon during conflicts in relationships.
When one or both partners have the intent to protect against pain, they will find many controlling ways to avoid dealing with the problems in relationships. They may act defensive, argue, blame, withdraw, resist, explain, give in, etc. When the partners dance around the real issues in their relationship in order to avoid the pain of facing the problems, they really lose the opportunity to learn and grow from their issues.
Actions like these almost always result in lack of fulfillment in the relationship and distance between the couple. The problem will always remain when the partners are unwilling to learn and grow from their differences, because the real and actual problem is not the differences, but rather the partners’ unwillingness. Differences between partners can be fertile ground for real spiritual growth and personal development if both partners are willing to learn and grow from their differences and problems in their relationship.
As we know, we have the power to control only ourselves, and we don’t have that control over others. Thus, it is almost impossible for us to make another person be open to learning if he/she is unwilling to do so. When you see that it is almost impossible for your partner to learn and grow from the differences, the question becomes how far you are willing to bend your values in order to preserve the relationship. You can bend and accommodate as long as you do not feel as if you are losing yourself or compromising your personal integrity.
This is important because you are really not preserving your relationship by accomodating, because eventually you are indirectly destroying the true essence of your relationship while losing yourself. In the long run, the relationship will be destroyed if we give up our own integrity to save the relationship, because subconsciously we regret our own actions. This doesn’t mean that you must be stubborn and tell your partner that it’s either your way or the highway, instead you and your partner must find a way to express your feelings in a sincere and healthy manner with the goal of reaching mutual understanding with each other.
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