Gave up or Made the Right Choice?

Last week i met an old friend at lunch who is getting married soon to his "Girl". I was taken by a surprise when he said he gave up eating N-V for his GF doesn't like him eating that. Having known him for quite some time who likes to eat this kind of food, it should have been a difficult decision But everything in the interests of this "Special One" and i guess he should have made quite some decisions in her favour. After our meeting i introspected on the way people take decisions under the influence of others. I rather felt he made a "Right choice" than giving up for a peaceful co-existence. Probably i am comfortable using "Making a Right choice" for the situation than "Giving Up". As "Giving Up" as i perceive is something driven by an external force, or you take such a decision out of frustration or love for others , where as "Making the Right Choice" is something driven by your own will in your own interests. There is an Advantage in "Making a Right Choice" as it is situation dependent and a personal driven decision you can at later point of time make the Right choice adaptable to that situation and always say "the situation demands". Where as when you say "Gave Up" the frame of reference is not going to change but your mind might change at a later point of time and you might start revisiting the habit which was not the case earlier and your are contradicting yourself giving a chance of wrong decision taken earlier. Probably "Giving Up" and "Making a Right Choice" are interesting phrases which are subject to debate, However I would prefer the later to former as the later gives me more freedom of flexibility and less accountability or rather justifying/giving explanation of the decision to others or one's self.