The Language of Compromise 1. Let me give you one piece of advice, I said to Ted and Mary just before they got married a few years ago. If you want to stay happily married, always be prepared to compromise. When you have different opinions about something, you each give way a little. You take the middle course That is compromise And Im glad to say that the young couple seemed to take that adviceThe Language of Compromise • 1. “Let me give you one piece of advice,” I said to Ted and Mary just before they got married a few years ago. “If you want to stay happily married, always be prepared to compromise. When you have different opinions about something, you each give way a little. You take the middle course. That is compromise. And I’m glad to say that the young couple seemed to take that advice