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"When you start compromising yourself or your morals for the people around you, it's probably time to change the people around you."

Do you think you should not change anything about your personality for the people around you?

It sounded true to me, but then I thought..what's wrong with compromising yourself a little bit for the people around you? Perhaps your personality doesn't allow you to fit in any group in which case you have to compromise, especially if your personality has a lot of faults, which applies to morals too. This goes for relationships and jobs as well. People say very different things about compromising and they all sound more or less right, Here are some examples of negative quotes about compromising:

• “The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised."

• “From the beginning of our history the country has been afflicted with compromise. It is by compromise that human rights have been abandoned.”

• "Don't compromise even if it hurts to be yourself."

• "If you just set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.

In my opinion, the first quote is true. If you have principles, nothing should push you to change them no matter what the consequences are. Then again, compromising is not really a sign of weakness, sometimes it's a sign of stubbornness, especially if they don't admit that their principles could be more correct. he quote in bold: Same question, would you agree with that? If people keep compromising themselves for people around them, it might lead (or have led) to them not insisting on their rights because...of the "We should compromise what we both want" mentality.

The last quote would apply perfectly for friendship and relationships. If you were in a situation where you know you have the type of personality that doesn't really allow you to get along with someone you want to be friends or more than friends with, would you compromise yourself to be accepted? For example, some people wouldn't stop being selfish because they believe it's their right and there is no reason for them to give it up. Same goes if someone is the kind who is easily offended. I don't know about you guys, but with my friends we used to make jokes about each others (some were offending/embarrassing/ unkind) and not really get offended (except me). Do you think you're kind the person who would pretend to be very cool with a joke that hurt his/her feelings just because no one else usually gets offended and you want to fit in?

Maybe I didn't put a lot of effort in looking for quotes, but I cannot find positive quotes about compromising! The only ones I found were about marriage and they were just neutral. Also, I just realized that this post is probably not organized enough to give a clear idea about what I am trying to say. So let me just try and summarize this whole thing to simple questions:

1. Which of the quotes above do you think raises the least issues? I.e which one is closest to true.

2. Do you believe that compromise is something necessary in our societies?

3. If you believe it is, do you think compromise could be suitable for all situations in life or are there things that should never be compromised? (regardless of degree for now)

4. If you believe it's unnecessary or even detrimental, why so? Is it because of the reasons mentioned in the quotes?

5. From you experience, can compromise bring more negative results than you expected?

6. If you are the compromising type of person, have you ever hidden your hurt feelings, anger, frustration..etc just for the sake of compromising? Even though you realize what the other did was wrong? (Don't be surprised..a lot of people do that).

7. If you are not the compromising type of person, do you find any difficulties at all getting along with people around you?

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TWIN BOYS, TWIN LIVES

The stories of identical twins' nearly identical lives are often astonishing, but perhaps none more so than those of identical twins born in Ohio. The twin boys were separated at birth, being adopted by different families. Unknown to each other, both families named the boys Jim (Jim Springer and Jim Lewis). And here the coincidences just begin. Both Jims grew up not even knowing of the other, yet both sought law-enforcement training, both had abilities in mechanical drawing and carpentry, and each had married women named Linda. They both had sons whom one named James Alan and the other named James Allan. The twin brothers also divorced their wives and married other women - both named Betty. And they both owned dogs which they named Toy. Forty years after their childhood separation, the two men were reunited to share their amazingly similar lives. (Reader's Digest, January 1980)

THE VENGEFUL BULLET
Henry Ziegland thought he had dodged fate. In 1883, he broke off a relationship with his girlfriend who, out of distress, committed suicide. The girl's brother was so enraged that he hunted down Ziegland and shot him. The brother, believing he had killed Ziegland, then turned his gun on himself and took his own life. But Ziegland had not been killed. The bullet, in fact, had only grazed his face and then lodged in a tree. Ziegland surely thought himself a lucky man. Some years later, however, Ziegland decided to cut down the large tree, which still had the bullet in it. The task seemed so formidable that he decided to blow it up with a few sticks of dynamite. The explosion propelled the bullet into Ziegland's head, killing him. (Ripley's Believe It or Not!)


A novel that unsuspectedly described the spy next door

When Norman Mailer began his novel Barbary Shore, there was no plan to have a Russian spy as a character. As he worked on it, he introduced a Russian spy in the U.S. as a minor character. As the work progressed, the spy became the dominant character in the novel. After the novel was completed, the U.S. Immigration Service arrested a man who lived just one floor above Mailer in the same apartment building. He was Colonel Rudolf Abel, alleged to be the top Russian spy working in the U.S. at that time.

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Just amazing to read, haha.

My reaction when I read this: OMFG




Not to mention..she asked this question on several Q&A websites..


THEN...this

"
How can I get my abortion doctor to ask me out?

Okay, so I kinda have a crush on my abortion doctor. I saw him a few years ago and I think we really had chemistry from the second we met. So I have recently broken up with my boyfriend, a few years ago, and I kinda want to go out with him (the abortion doctor, lets call him Steve).
So I have recently been intentionally getting pregnant with random men at bars so I have an excuse to go to Steve and get an abortion. I am at my seventh abortion right now, and I am pregnant with another baby which I plan to abort within a few days.
Now how can I get Steve to notice me? I really would like him to ask me out and I have tried being flirty and wearing makeup so he notices me when he aborts my child.
Can anyone give me some tips to catch his attention? Men are so hard to figure out."
A few things, first, I am a woman. So I cannot grow male genitalia, trust me, I have tried. How can I woo him over? The note in the snapper sounds good, love notes are always beautiful..




Am I just being over reactive or this woman nuts?

So I happened to ask someone this question:

"Whats the correct word to describe someone who's thinking about somethings and no one knows what they are and prefers to keep to himself?", and I got the answer "Introvert"

I looked it up and the definition was

"Contrary to what most people think, an introvert is not simply a person who is shy. In fact, being shy has little to do with being an introvert! Shyness has an element of apprehension, nervousness and anxiety, and while an introvert may also be shy, introversion itself is not shyness. Basically, an introvert is a person who is energized by being alone and whose energy is drained by being around other people. Introverts are more concerned with the inner world of the mind. They enjoy thinking, exploring their thoughts and feelings. They often avoid social situations because being around people drains their energy. This is true even if they have good social skills. After being with people for any length of time, such as at a party, they need time alone to "recharge." When introverts want to be alone, it is not, by itself, a sign of depression. It means that they either need to regain their energy from being around people or that they simply want the time to be with their own thoughts. Being with people, even people they like and are comfortable with, can prevent them from their desire to be quietly introspective. Being introspective, though, does not mean that an introvert never has conversations. However, those conversations are generally about ideas and concepts, not about what they consider the trivial matters of social small talk."

I felt so relieved because I finally found a word that explains exactly how I feel. I am not sure if there are a lot of introverts around, but I am wondering if anyone else feels this way?

I found the test below in a psychology website, and it may not be scientific and all, but almost every single point applied to me, so it should give you an idea if you're wondering:



It is said that an introvert is not an anti-social person nor a depressed one. They are simply..and introvert. What do you think about that? The answer may differ from one person to another depending on how much of an introvert they are. For example, and introvert will say, yes introversion has nothing to do with me being anti-social or depressed, whereas someone who's not an introvert will insist that if someone wants to stay alone a lot., avoid social situations..etc..etc, they are at least anti-social.

I really want to get some opinions..so tell me what you think.