{"id":200910,"date":"2025-10-24T01:01:31","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T01:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/24\/marriage-requires-compromise-says-kristen-bell\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T01:01:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T01:01:31","slug":"marriage-requires-compromise-says-kristen-bell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/24\/marriage-requires-compromise-says-kristen-bell\/","title":{"rendered":"Marriage requires compromise, says Kristen Bell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<p>        <time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2025-10-24\" datetime=\"1761267691\" pubdate=\"\">24 October 2025<\/time>\n    <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/kristen-bell\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,kristen-bell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kristen Bell<\/a> thinks a happy marriage requires consistent &#8220;compromise&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Kristen Bell thinks marriage requires compromise<\/p>\n<p>The 45-year-old actress has been married to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/dax-shepard\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,dax-shepard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dax Shepard<\/a> since 2013, and she&#8217;s opened up about her own approach to relationships, likening herself to a &#8220;puzzle piece that fits with someone else&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The Hollywood star &#8211; who has daughters Lincoln, 12, and Delta, 10, with Dax &#8211; told Andy Cohen Live: &#8220;I don&#8217;t like the idea that you&#8217;re looking for your perfect puzzle piece because you also have to become a puzzle piece that fits with someone else.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So if you find two people that are like, &#8216;Yeah, we&#8217;re going to make this work and that means we&#8217;re going to compromise constantly and those compromises should work well for both of us.&#8217; And sometimes it&#8217;s going to ebb and sometimes it&#8217;s going to flow, but we&#8217;re not going to have checks and balances, because we&#8217;re going to realise it&#8217;s not me against you, it&#8217;s us against the world.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kristen also loves that Dax has &#8220;a commitment to growth at all times&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>                     \t\t\t      <!-- Primis Video Container with 16:9 Aspect Ratio --><\/p>\n<p>\nShe said: &#8220;We understand each other&#8217;s highs and lows and excitements and complaints. We&#8217;re both creative, so we can get deep into some random conversation and just feel like we&#8217;re creating something together.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;I am glad I chose my husband because he has a commitment to growth at all times.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nKristen previously admitted that she relishes the challenges of motherhood.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe film star also revealed that she often encounters &#8220;ridiculous&#8221; things in her family life.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe blonde beauty told TODAY: &#8220;Every day is something comical.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;Every day when you\u2019re raising kids, you feel like you could cry or crack up and just scream &#8216;This is ridiculous!&#8217; because there&#8217;s so much nonsense, whether it&#8217;s what they&#8217;re saying to you or the fact that there&#8217;s avocado or poop on every surface.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nKristen&#8217;s experience has actually made her more appreciative of her own mom.<\/p>\n<p>\nShe said: &#8220;I was very much a rule-follower, yet rejected by instinct every single thing my mom wanted.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;&#8216;I&#8217;d love you to wear this dress.&#8217; &#8216;That&#8217;s the only dress I don&#8217;t want to wear today&#8217; would be my instinct. And I now feel so apologetic. <\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;But seeing some of that in my girls, I realised I have to nurture their desire to be autonomous individuals. But it will be difficult.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!-- Pagination --><\/p>\n<p><!-- playbuzz --><br \/>\n<!-- end playbuzz--><\/p>\n<p><!-- \n\n<div data-cn-project=\"femalefirst\">\n    \n<\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n<!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/marriage-requires-compromise-says-kristen-bell-1431874.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>24 October 2025 Kristen Bell thinks a happy marriage requires consistent &#8220;compromise&#8221;. Kristen Bell thinks marriage requires compromise The 45-year-old actress has been married to Dax Shepard since 2013, and she&#8217;s opened up about her own approach to relationships, likening herself to a &#8220;puzzle piece that fits with someone else&#8221;. 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