When anyone says a relationship should not flourish under the umbrella of compromise—just have a look at that person, mostly he/she is SINGLE or dwells in a shitty torture she/he term a relationship.
Two people in this world cannot make any meaningful progress or achieve anything substantive without a compromise.
Perhaps those who say they will never compromise in a relationship do not even understand what compromise means. It simply means, “each side making concessions” for the better of both parties or even one party—such that when it’s for the betterment of the other, the same principle would hold.
When you hear a woman or a man shouting: I am not going to compromise in a relationship—just walk away and let them be in a relationship with themselves.
Of course, there should never be a compromise on the fundamentals—such as respect, love, fairness and integrity. Therefore, Ghandi was right when he said; “All compromise is based on give and take, but there can be no give and take on fundamentals. Any compromise on mere fundamentals is a surrender. For it is all give and no take.”