Things people won’t compromise for love

It turns out people are more willing to move house, give up a job or leave a country than they are to becoming a vegetarian for the sake of their beloved

No matter how in love you are, all relationships require a bit of compromise. Or a lot, if you’ve managed to find yourself a fixer-upper.

New research from YouGov in Britain has revealed that people feel much more strongly about some sacrifices they might have to make for a partner than others.

It turns out people are more willing to move house, give up a job or leave a country than they are to becoming a vegetarian for the sake of their beloved.

When asked ‘which of the following , if any, would you be willing to do if a long-term romantic partner asked you ’, 1,652 people resonded as follows:

73% of people said they’d move within the UK 66% said they’d stop smoking 49% said they’d move abroad 45% said they’d stop drinking 29% said they’d give up a job 24% said they’d become vegetarian 14% said they’d ditch a friend 5% said they’d convert religion

On average only 23 per cent of people asked said they would change the way they look if a partner asked them - but 33 per cent of men would think about it, compared to just 13 per cent of women.

Most interestingly of all, more than four in 10 people would apparently dump someone who wasn't willing to change.