In your opinion (as is everything everywhere every time) is the ability to compromise a strength or a weakness? Why?

Perhaps. I think of it as a strength. When you compromise you are willing to give up something you want to get something you want more. You can't have everything you want all the time. Unless the world is filled with other yous which is unlikely. You choose which is more important. Digging your heels in the sand and refusing to budge or giving in to get what you value more isn't my cuppa tea. Now would I "compromise" another? Well if my vote to budge affects others who disagree then of course the compromise of those others would be inevitable. SIGH. We don't often have the chance to compromise.  Apparently it is an evil thing to do from a partisan point of view and so even though some may be willing to budge they dare not admit it for fear of being labeled RINO or DINO! Thank you for your reply Bozette! :)

Compromising one's beliefs to peer pressure or one's morals for a job is, imo, a weakness. Compromising with one's spouse or business partner is often a strength, though I can imagine many exceptions there, too. Haggling with a vendor or prospective customer may be beneficial to one or both without rising to the level of importance inherent in other situations involving compromise. In politics, what exactly is being compromised determines whether I would consider it a strength or weakness. Details matter. JMHO

I am completely incapable of haggling with vendors over price. Completely incapable. I think it is demeaning and so I never do it. If I can afford something I buy it. If I can't I don't. Now Jim tells me that haggling is expected. Well I refuse to do what's expected. I don't care if someone else could have gotten something cheaper than I did because he/she haggled. It's just that the entire thing is such a phony setup. Prices are set and then haggling begins. Geez really? Really. Oh well it's just not in my nature to do that so I don't. In fact once I saw a microwave for sale years ago. It was marked down $100 and I didn't realize the sale had ended. I went into the store the next day and looked for it. It was a $500 microwave and had been advertised on special for $400. It was back up to $500 and when the salesperson came over to ask if I needed help I explained that I was there for the microwave and didn't realize the sale was over. He said he would let me buy it for $400. Do you know that I argued with him about that offer? I told him I didn't want any special treatment and wasn't there to haggle. I know. Pretty dumb! Anyway we kept talking and he finally convinced me to accept his offer of $400! So I bought it but to this day I feel guilty! Go figger! I'm wired weirdly I guess. There are things about which I am very uncompromising but getting my way 100%? Nope. That's not me at all. That is unfair and I like to try to be fair when it's in the cards. Thank you for your reply B! :) I guess I'm a real sucker aren't I?