Compromise?

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Movies aren't ideal for first dates, anyway. You can't talk or get to know each other. There's not much chance of getting to any ballparks with someone you've just met for the first time, or in a room of strangers. My advice is to invite her somewhere else for your date. Tell her you want to spend quality time getting to know each other and actually talking, since your relationship has been online to this point.

If you do go to the cinema for BR you'll feel resentment and she'll pick up on that straight away. It's not worth it because not only will you 'waste' your tickets but you'll alienate her as well.

Don't go to Wreck it Ralph with her. I don't know what that is but you should see that without her (after your non-cinema date).

Good luck.

Regarding compromise as a topic:

There are only four ways to solve any compromise issue in a relationship

1) Your way
2) The other person's way
3) A compromise of some sort, where you both get half of what you want
4) A totally new idea or plan

You and her aren't compatible. Not by a long shot. If neither of you can budge, forget it. Waste of time if you can't even agree on a movie to watch, let alone getting any further.

You need to date someone more in line with your interests, but you'll find them to be as few and far between as an egg-laying rooster.

So at this point, try to decide if you want to see 2 movies on your own, or watch Bohemian Rhapsody together with her.

That's not right...calling me petty. I'm talking about compromising sometimes. Sometimes, you have to do that in relationships.

I would agree that she was being a little too insistent. Maybe you did "dodge a bullet." SHE wasn't willing to compromise.

How come you don't like "Bohemian Rhapsody," anyway? Just curious.

No judgment. Just curious.

Being flexible and open to new things when you're dating someone increases the probability that you'll find relationship success and vice versa. That's how people develop mutually beneficial relationships and sort out whether they're compatible or not.

It ain't gonna kill ya to go to the movie she wants to see. Also, think of it this way. If you go to the movie she wants to see and on a later date you suggest a movie and she says no to your suggestion then you can further evaluate compatibility or lack thereof.

I can dig what you're saying. And there are women who like the sort of movies you like.

But there are some women who want a more "cultural" experience. They want to see something that's sort of literary, sort of elegant. And some of these women, otherwise, would be "just your cup of tea." They might be kind, generous, pretty, down-to-earth, etc.

This person you mentioned seemed overbearing. It was "her way, or the highway." You don't want that kind of woman, just like a woman doesn't want that sort of man.

But there might be others who fulfill, mostly, what you desire, but are just not into the "Wreck-it-Ralph" type of movie. They might want to see "cinema," rather than merely "a movie."

AdamGuy, you are a very rigid person. Do you know that about yourself?

As for my bad advice - it was the same advice everyone else here gave you. So I guess their advice was bad, also.

I'm glad you dodged the bullet on this one... hell, if you hadn't been careful you might very well have married this girl!

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Gosh! You ask for advice, then rather than thanking everybody for their input, you start acting childish. That's such a rare occurrence in this forum.

But seriously, I don't understand any of this. I offered to split two movie tickets, my movie tickets, to take her to see a movie. Her immediate response was "That's not good enough, I want to choose the movie too, and I don't care if it's one you don't want to see." She's telling me that being given a gift isn't enough for her, I have to relinquish control over the situation entirely in order to make her happy. To me, that's the definition of spoiled entitlement. But everyone here is acting like I'm the entitled one. Like, how dare I not immediately cave to her demands on the first date, when I barely even know her, and give her the impression that I can be bullied into doing whatever she wants with a little pressure? Am I the only one who feels like that's the wrong way to go about starting a relationship?