finding a partner is something which is hard, finding someone who is compatible with your values, interests and goals can be challenging.

Is challenging if your looking for the "ideal" man that doesn't exist. With each of us we have flaws, some small some big. Its accepting our flaws as a companion and working on them that makes a relationship.

I agree with Mr Single1977...

It's more a case of finding mr/miss nearly right, rather than mr/miss right, and working together with each other to address our shortcomings and building something worth having, together...

thank you all

I'd like to view relationships as a compromise to ones way of life. After all no two people will ever be perfectly compatible, we're all unique.

Finding the unicorn is a fool's errand, in my opinion.

What can and can't you put up with and are those things really that bad when you think about it?

I think it is also healthy to rid oneself of the boundaries we confine ourselves within while also taking risks even if we've had our hearts broken before.

Everyone is bound to bump into a few bad eggs before we find one of good enough quality, but we have to make sure not to be too quick to discard the bad eggs that we accidentally discard the good ones in the process.

Cheers and good luck!

I also agree with -> single1977

We are deeply flawed in some/more ways than others. I think it’s about acceptance.
I choose to accept what I can work with or around. The rest is wishful thinking!