“If you are in love with someone, but you question your compatibility, you need to ask yourself what types of issues you are incompatible about,” psychologist Nikki Martinez tells Bustle. “Are they deal-breakers, or are they minor concessions that you can live with never agreeing on?” Before jumping to conclusions, it’s wise to figure out where you stand first.
“If it is the first, you might be better suited being honest with yourself about what is fundamentally important to you, and what you should be looking for,” she says. “If they are the latter, think about if you need to look at your own rigid thinking and feeling, and if this person is more important to you.” Deal-breakers are real, but it’s also possible to overthink these things. Once you know what’s really going on, then you’ll be ready to decide what to do next.
4. Agree to Disagree
“No two people are going to see eye-to-eye on everything,” relationship coach and psychic medium Cindi Sansone-Braff, author of Why Good People Can’t Leave Bad Relationships , tells Bustle. “If the disagreements are about small things, and you can come to agree to disagree about them or compromise about them, then there is hope for the relationship,” she says. Read more