
Two Kinds of Problems
You know the drill…
He wants children, his partner doesn’t. She wants to take one big vacation every year, her partner wants to use their time and money taking several short trips. She wants to clean on the weekends, her partner wants to clean never. He likes talking on the phone, his partner wishes he wouldn’t. She wants three dogs, her partner wants none. The list goes on and on. These are examples of unsolveable conflicts.
We all have conflicts with the one we love. It’s unavoidable. Though we may not be able to hand pick issue-free partners, we can do two important things. One, make sure the issues that our partner has are ones that we can live with. Two, address conflicts directly and with curiosity and respect for one another. That’s where I come in.
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