Many people even settle for a partner with whom they know they're incompatible, because at the time and place where they felt impelled to make a 'forever' choice, they saw no alternative. Couple-researchers have created the word satisficing (a combination of 'sacrificing' and 'satisfying') to describe the act of seriously settling for less. Satisficing is reckoned to be a major divorce-predictor.
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