do you remember the last time you argued with your spouse about which tv show to watch, whether the toilet seat should stay up or down, or how to fold the laundry? the more conflicts you have with your spouse, the more likely you are to argue, fight, and not be happy with your marriage. you will have to stop checking facebook, twitter, pinterest or other social media accounts and spend time with your spouse talking about the issues affecting …

now add some bad habits and interesting idiosyncrasies, throw in a bunch of expectations, and then turn up the heat a little with the daily trials of life. your spouse added a variety, spice, and difference to your life that it didn’t have before. i grew up in ozark, missouri, a tiny town in the southwestern corner of the “show-me” state. we bought an antique and i was expected to refinish it—which created an opportunity for another major difference in …

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there are many temptations to organize our life around the experience of earlier trauma. differences of opinion are inevitable, and the sign of a relationship where partners share power and are comfortable in voicing their opinion. learning about what other couples fight about can help you realize just how normal some of your own arguments are, and also help you talk through issues ahead of time to avoid more damaging fights. there is quite a bit of similarity across studies …

there is no such thing as a perfect person, a perfect family, or a perfect marriage. a marriage is going to have its ups and downs. there are going to be days and times that are going to come when there are problems in the marriage. in other words, what do you do about problems that never get resolved? problems are created in many ways. one way is when one of the partners experience an unpleasant emotion during a situation. …