It is the word used for agreeing to negotiations yielding an unsatisfactory result, and in a relationship, "settling" is ripe with negative connotations in marriage or dating.
Staying in a toxic relationship, settling for a job you hate, not living a healthy lifestyle, and living in your comfort zone are a few signs you're existing in life.
Does this look right to you? Photograph: Getty I would guess that most relationships settle down to a state where one person is largely responsible for the kitchen.
But once they make the choice, they build relationships, settle in, and are extremely reluctant to move.
Once the relationship has settled into a pattern, even a comfortable one, of predictability or boredom, the drawn-out anticipation is replaced by "You're here already?
Just when the situations and relationships seem settled, Nottage gives the scene a slight revolve, revealing new and complicating facets.
The 2015 AIHW report cited that between 35 to 54 the years of working life when you're most likely to be in a relationship and settling down are when loss of employment, relationship, and financial stress, and breakdowns are most likely to occur.
Many people in long-term marriages describe a sense of being trapped between "longing" for a more meaningful, engaged relationship; and "settling" for what they have, fighting and all.
Even if full EU membership is a very long way off, Russians want a serious, close and settled relationship with Brussels.
As his relationship with Linda Thompson settled back into mere friendship, Drake became close to John and Beverley Martyn, making frequent visits to their house in Hastings.
