Sometimes it's obvious, sometimes it's not.
When a lot of what you're being told, at 19, begins with, "If you really love me...." you tend to listen to what follows, whether you agree (initially) or not. What's hard to appreciate at any age, especially when young, is how influential repetition is regardless of intellectual discerning logical thought processes.
Conformity is another form of compromise,
isn't it?
Or maybe it's not, maybe it's another form of determined manipulation.
Yet, this is the 21st Century, we live in a new age of equality. Women no longer do all of the housework, they share in bread-winning (or is that baking) and men do ironing... don't they?
It's all about finding the right balance.....
Ultimately, it involves some form, or sequence, of acceptance.
How long that lasts is determined by a variety of things....
What it requires
Who is affected
Who gains
At what expense
Associated consequences
Probable effect
Values
