When should you compromise and when do you stand your ground? Well, there’s no real science to it, but many couples figure this out eventually from trial and error.

Trying to compromise all the time and keeping the peace often times means that your opinions aren’t heard or that you may start to resent the person because you’re not getting what you really want.

However, standing your ground and defending your position can mean constant fighting and bickering. What to do?

There are times when you need to decide which course of action is better for both yourself and your relationship. Here are some good examples of when to compromise:

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Keeping the spark alive in a relationship is hard; being together all the time causes that level of mystery, that certain something that used to be there in the beginning of the relationship, to give way for comfort and stability.

But how many people would love to have that spark back? That feeling of butterflies, the same emotions that made your heart beat palpably, your palms sweat and gave you the shivers?

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How do you know when it’s the right time to walk away from a relationship?

This question is fraught with landmines—it’s never easy to walk away from someone you love, but sometimes it’s the best thing for you.

There is no right or wrong answer when it comes to love. Some people stay in the worst relationships because they cannot bear to be apart from the person they fell in love with, or because they hate the idea of being alone. Everyone knows one pf these people.

But when it comes to personal safety, there are a few red flags everyone should be able to spot as a warning sign. These are signals that its time to not only reevaluate why you’re with this person, but whether or not you will continue to be with them. The following are things to watch out for:

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Good friends are there for everything in your life. They drive you to be better, make sure you don’t make a fool of yourself, have fun, and most importantly, look out for you.

That’s why, when they don’t like your boyfriend or girlfriend, it can raise a lot of problems. Animosity between your partner and your group of friends or a friend can become heated and often puts you in the uncomfortable position of being stuck in the middle.

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A government-led air strike in Yemen killed at least 30 suspected al-Qaeda militants, according to security officials within the country.

The air strike took place in the Shabwa province, a hard-to-get mountainous region east of Yemen’s capital, Sanaa.

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New York, New York: what to say about the city that hasn’t been said before? The city itself is a teeming, living and breathing being that encompasses nearly every culture, religion, ethnicity and philosophy in the world.

The city at the heart of the state is broken up into it’s own enclaves, from upscale Manhattan, gritty Bronx, the slowly gentrifying Brooklyn, to the many other places within the city that comprise of millions of bodies, New York attitude, good pizza, and a whole lot of yellow taxi cabs.

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No person is alike—we all like and dislike different things. Some people love hummus, some hate it, some love soccer, some can’t keep their eyes open longer than 10 minutes.

However, there are a few traits that most singles are looking for in a potential partner. There are just some things that nearly everybody wants and desires. Once you know what they want and how to portray this, then you will be one step ahead of the pack:

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A Swiss businessman defied the country’s recently imposed constitutional amendment banning minarets, by building his very own minaret atop his office.

Guillame Morand opposed the ban on the new construction of minarets in the country, which is an effort to curb militant Islam. Morand, the owner of a chain of shoe stores, vehemently countered the ban by building the minaret atop the chimney above his office.

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Being engaged is at once exciting, wonderful and completely frightening. Oftentimes, there’s this part of yourself that wants to just get the wedding over with and just start your life with this person, but there’s this other part…that, well wants to hang onto the life you’ve known and built.

It’s a stressful time and one of the most important transition periods in your life, if not THE most important. Before jumping into a marriage though, there are some topics that should be discussed. It’s much better to find out what assumptions your partner or you may have now, rather than later. Here are some good questions to ask yourselves:

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You’ve got your profile all set up and ready. Picture up? Check. Bio? Check. Information on the kind of person you’re looking for? Check. The profile is done, but are you truly making the most out of it? It’s important to personalize your profile so that you can accurately reflect yourself on this one single page among the thousands upon thousands of similar ones on ArabLounge.

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