Compromise, key to marriage trap

When I told my Chinese friends I was marrying a foreigner, two out of three friends advised against it.

We were too different, they advised; when the romance ended, so would the relationship. But I don't agree that a Chinese/Western marriage is more likely to fail, not with divorce rates among Chinese couples being what they are.

All marriages, no matter how swoony and sexy in the beginning, face the inevitable test: can each spouse compromise? Truly compromise, as in sacrificing ego in the name of your partner's well-being.