Compromise for Georgie was a creative act. It was not surrender but a rearranging of furniture in the house of mutually held lives. She could recalibrate expectations with the same ease she used to rearrange a vase—moving things slightly to accommodate growth. She understood that love changes shape; what matters is whether the people inside that shape continue to see one another. Thus her romances contained room for solitude as well as togetherness. Partners were encouraged to maintain edges—hobbies, friendships, solitary hours—because Georgie believed that love prospered when individuals brought themselves whole into shared space.