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I'm learning not to freak out. And to remember that the only real fight I have is to keep my best friend and partner.


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Usually whoever is upset/mad speaks first and explains why/what situation made them feel that way and why. Then the other person has a chance to explain why they went about things the way they did. We communicate until we can figure it out. The few times we don't ends with him going to sleep to get away from the problem or me walking away to get away from it. But those rarely happen.


Talk, talk, talk! My sweetie is excellent at communication and he's very understanding.


I handle it badly. And I think we are about to break up because we have so many communication issues.


I usually try to avoid any conflicts we may have. In the past I would just not say anything when things bothered me and wait for it to not bother me anymore. Now we communicate soooo much better that we don't seem to have any conflicts :)
I handled things almost the same way :) The better the communication, the fewer the conflicts...
Male, >50 years, Married, WI, US | Feb 12, 2012

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Talk it through, not always easy but keep at it till we figure out what the actual problem is and until we are both ready to move past it.


We always talk it out....one of my favourite things about our relationship is that we have excellent communication :)
Shup. Just kidding. We rock in the communication department.
Male, >50 years, Dating, CA, US | Feb 12, 2012

Bite me hahaha
Female, 41-50 years, Dating, CA, US | Feb 12, 2012

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I express my feeling to my boyfriend and tell him i didn't like it . I be honest with him and I want him to be honest with me even if it's bad or good I want to be able to no he will come talk to me about anything no matter how bad it is . And I am to young to be fighting and fussing I just get my point across and expect them to improve for what we have talked about so that hopefully it won't happen again.


I try to speak calmly about it with her. She interrupts me, shouts me down, then leaves the room.


We don't have many serious conflicts, ever. So the little ones that we do have get resolved in an hour if not less. We've learned to not be bothered by the small things and just embrace what we have.


We sort out issues as they come, so it never turns into argument.


Wait for the angry party to calm down speak in a calm voice never call names or degrade each other even if its understood things said out of anger aren't what you really mean because why say it you know never end the night on a bad note , life is crazy and you never know what can happen even if the other doesn't say always end the night with I love you


Thankfully, not often. But when it happens, Not well. Mostly b'cuz I tend to let my thoughts gets the better of me before (if) we actually talk it out. More often then not, I'm usually left with the feeling that our issue goes unresolved & left to fester


I like to tackle to the problem head on and he doesn't. Which is usually why we end up mad at each other. 😢
Same here. I want to fix it 2nite b4 bed not in the am. But she dont
Male, 41-50 years, Engaged, AL, US | Feb 11, 2012

Can u read my post and help me any?
Male, 41-50 years, Engaged, AL, US | Feb 11, 2012

Unfortunately, because we are the ones that like to face the problem head on, we have to wait for them to be ready to talk. Don't hold resentment a far as long it took them to respond but be open to to it when it does happen. In the mean time, be yourself. Be loving and try to remember why you love her not what she did to you. This usually helps.. Good luck.
Female, 41-50 years, Married, FL, US | Feb 12, 2012

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