@Ed JC Smith Hi Ed, I hope you are doing well. I wanted to share some feedback after nine months. I completed the three-month period with the exercise you suggested, doing my best based on my understanding and perception of it. I’ve found my answer, and unfortunately, it wasn’t a good one. A lot has happened since then, and we even came close to divorce as I realized our needs and values seemed misaligned. However, something happened that shook my husband’s world, and now he seems more willing to listen. I recently played the video for him where you were coaching me about relationship needs. We haven’t watched the whole video yet, just the first 15 minutes, but my husband had some questions: - Why doesn’t your partner understand your need to visit your parents every Christmas? - Why do you alternate and try to meet her need for variety? - Where do you find balance in situations like that? - What is she doing for you that makes you want to do these things for her? - Why do you change your clothes all the time before she comes home, while she doesn’t respect the fact that you’re a minimalist? This has prompted a bigger question from me: How far do you go to meet each other’s needs, and how much compromise is too much? Could compromise be perceived as pretending? For example, if you pretend to be someone who needs lots of clothes when, in reality, you don’t, does that not lead to resentment? So, when we do the needs exploration, how do we find the balance between staying true to who we are and how much we put into the relationship? I hope my question makes sense?