Interestingly though, compatibility might not be the most crucial factor for making your relationship work for the long run. Hudson found was that while unhappy couples tend to blame their unhappiness on compatibility, relationship success is achieved by people who want to stay together working to do just that.

What makes someone compatible in a relationship?

In compatible relationships, people have mutual, connected, or symbiotic goals. People either work towards the same general objectives, theres a reliance on each others success, or they have individual goals that facilitate those of the other.