Being a reliable life partner.

Makes a lot sense to me.

Well, then. at least I can still be an unreliable life partner.

Call me superficial if you like, but I'd rather have a succession of exciting partners than one dull but "reliable" one.

A person who is addicted to listing their partners' failings can't be much fun either.

Sorry, but it is about "LIFE partner". You are right upto the extent of "partners". You, I and we all have so many of them.

As so as you start talking about "sacrifices" then I'm out of it.

Why should anything have to be sacrificed?

+1

Why did you start this thread?

To be refuted in a strong logical manner. No other intention.

Relationships are about compromise, without that you have nothing.

I agree.

Disagree. If both partners are the same and neither are the sacrificing or committing type, they could be reliable life partners and live life together. You just have to find someone who is willing to make sacrifices in the name of love as you would. Likes attract more effectively when it comes to such matters as love and life partners, than the old opposites attract adage.

Maybe I'm confused. I believe a woman should give into her man pleasing him in any way he wishes. A woman should be submissive. If her partner can't support the family then the two of them should part ways. She shall seek a man who can support the family.

A selfish s.o.b. who insists on having his/her way and never thinks of his/her partner's needs or wants can be very reliable, reliabily a schmuck.

Of course, if one is a normal human being, a valuable life partner needs to have the characteristics you describe

My sister married a Hell's Angel 40 years ago, he smoked, drank, gambled, went down the pub with his mates every night and went off fishing every weekend.
She soon started nagging him into changing his ways but he refused pointblank and said "You knew what I was like before you chose to marry me, so i don't see why I should change now!", and he just carried on.
I couldn't fault his logic and I always liked him (so did everybody else, he was a popular nice friendly guy).
Their marriage creaked on for a few more years until she finally decided to divorce him but he took it in his stride and married another woman 5 minutes later, but no man would touch my sister with a bargepole and she's been on her own ever since..

She should had found herself a hobby instead of leaving him.

Anonymously99, either you live in a primitive and backward male dominated society, or you are yourself primitive and backward. Or both. Which is it? Your attitude towards women is deplorable.,

I'm not regretful. Not sure why you would mention so.

I didn't.