Shoshana highlights this interesting and amusing article: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/29/garden /29breakers.html?pagewanted=1&amp ;ei=5070&en=9854bba49b37a848&ex=1175832000
I find it surprising that people don't seem willing to compromise, or to believe that the other will compromise. I figure you both have to decide whether you love and can get along with the other person more than you like your stuff, or more than you dislike their stuff.
I'd throw out everything in my house for the right person. (Well, almost everything. Compromise always goes two ways.) I hated Jay's living room furniture (brown and gray plaid upholstery? Yuck!) and he disliked mine (a huge beige sectional), so we just started replacing everything with things we both liked. It's called "working together".
Are there really people who can't do that? This article says "Yes", I guess.
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