They understand where the line between compromise and compromising themselves lies.
I paid a high price to learn this. The two key concepts are "loving detachment" - very hard to understand while you are hurting. The other concept is boundaries, where one person stops and the other starts. In that gap is friction, learn how to turn friction into mutually beneficial outcomes. This starts by changing your thoughts and actions to try something different.
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I guess in my mind there is a fine line between "connecting" and pursuing.
That is correct. Confidence, no expectations, wisdom and communicating on the feeling level will help.
M22,H45,W45 S21/18D12 Retain faith that you will prevail in the end, regardless of the difficulties and at the same time confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be.