Originally Posted by dd3953

This made me think of a quote (but I can't remember who said it), it goes something like, 'love is not finding the person you can live with, it's finding the person you can't live without.'

Settling, in my opinion, would be finding the person you can live with. Compromising is making it so you can live with the person you can't live without.

Edit: And no, I don't think everyone does it, but I think it's easy to say you are, if you aren't completely happy in the relationship.