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    21 phrases to use to help you FIGHT RIGHT with your sweetheart

    Almost all couples fight; the secret is to fight right.

    I've posted before about what NOT to say during a fight. Here are some phrases that will actually help.

    When the Big Man and I are arguing, I find that the single best technique to apply is HUMOR. If one of us can laugh and joke around, the crabby mood lifts instantly. But during an argument, it can be hard to see the funny side of things.

    Failing that, here are twenty-one phrases that help turn down the heat of anger:

    Please try to understand my point of view.
    Wait, can I take that back?
    You don't have to solve this-it helps me just to talk to you.
    This is important to me. Please listen.
    I overreacted, I'm sorry.
    I see you're in a tough position.
    I can see my part in this.
    I hadn't thought of it that way before.
    I could be wrong.
    Let's agree to disagree on that.
    This isn't just your problem, it's our problem.
    I'm feeling unappreciated.
    We're getting off the subject.
    You've convinced me.
    Please keep talking to me.
    I realize it's not your fault.
    That came out all wrong.
    I see how I contributed to the problem.
    What are we really fighting about?
    How can I make things better?
    I'm sorry.
    I love you.

    I actually get tears in my eyes when I read this list. Such is the uplifting power of fighting right.

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    895 comments

    • BEv  •  1 year 0 months ago
      Jesus is love, and he loves people who sin. We all sin. He died for us all. When he saw someone in sin, he didn't say "You're OK, keep on the way you are." He said, "Go and sin no more." He told us to judge rightly. Whether we confront someone in sin or not, it is still sin. I love people who sin, or I couldn't love anybody. I did not say having sex with someone of the same sex, or just someone you are not married to is abhorrent to God - He did. When someone acknowledges sin as sin, it is NOT hate, but love. I can easily see how someone can get caught up in a sin. but God says "No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it."
      1 Corinthians 10:12-14
      With all the soft core pornography thrown at us everywhere we look, it is hard to remain chaste. We are told to put no worthless thing before our eyes, but we cannot live in America today without being constantly bombarded with images that play on our hormones. It makes sense that the outcome would be sexual immorality. But, we still have a choice. And we still have a God who can save us and forgive us. Without His power, I doubt we can truly change. But, He wants us to be transformed by the renewing of our minds, which can happen through the power of the Holy Spirit as we read HIS word and pray, developing a relationship with our Creator.
    • Arvin  •  1 year 2 months ago
      u true all couple hav fights but none lasts long coz a lot of tension in ones mind does that
    • nancy  •  1 year 2 months ago
      The magic words are "YES DEAR"!
    • Al Frampton  •  11 months ago
      Uhhh... it's twenty-TWO phrases, not twenty-one.
    • RACEY BELL  •  1 year 2 months ago
      when come home off the road for 2 weeks an 5 yr old tells yea that mom her spent the nite at randys what do u say or do. i left an fileing for divorce.
    • renzdj  •  1 year 2 months ago
      I actually do think that these phrases can help lessen whatever welled up emotions you have and prevent an argument to escalate. I've shared it on my mommy blog as well.
    • Jadire  •  1 year 2 months ago
      /quote Posted by Amanda Fri Feb 25, 2011 7:11am PST
      Nicole... Not everyone can get married. Gay people cannot marry their partners, and those who do live in a state that can marry still do not get any of the federal rights that marriage provides, only the state rights. /quote

      As it should be.
    • First L  •  1 year 2 months ago
      bulls---
    • Jean  •  1 year 2 months ago
      If one party is intent on keeping the argument going at all costs, none of these work.
    • bLoO  •  1 year 2 months ago
      lol now i can fiqht fair1 (: tho i really dnt want to
    • Ty  •  1 year 2 months ago
      the truth
      Marriage is not religion. yes many get married in their religion building but when it comes to day today it is not religion. that is like saying you can not have friends without religion, you can not love with out religion. we are alive and are social creatures. we marry because we are committed to only each other not because we believe in a hire power. stop being so closed minded and trying to bring hate and war where there needs to be love and acceptance. GLBT discrimination needs to stop.
    • Bill Interfere Here  •  1 year 2 months ago
      To all women...this is written from a woman's point of view. In an argument, all a man has to hear is "Stop talking or forget about getting any of THIS tonight!"

      I don't care how wrong you are, say that, and the argument is over.

      Also, saying things like "it helps me just to talk to you"?! REALLY?! SERIOUSLY?! NO! What men hear after 15 seconds in ANY argument is "WHA WHA WHA WHA"...just like the teacher in the Charlie Brown cartoons. I am not being insensitive here...it's what men hear. By design, men evolved to be hunters...to kill animals for eating...inherently, they are not geared for sensitivity...if they were...our species would have NEVER made it to this point!

      If you want to win an argument with a man, do one thing...DON'T BRING UP THE PAST TO TRY AND PROVE YOUR POINT. If you do that, he will actually realize it...because the argument didn't involve something it ALWAYS involves! The point is, DON'T do something you usually do in an argument...men recognize such a change from the norm.

      Men don't think like what is written in the article, period.
    • frustrated young american  •  1 year 2 months ago
      someone should tottaly forward this to the NFL CBA negotians cuz when the parents fight its the fans that suffer lol
    • Bill B  •  1 year 2 months ago
      what do you say to a woman with two black eyes??? nothing,you have told her twice already.
    • Saint Ron  •  1 year 2 months ago
      "We let you watch sports"? Oh really! How many times have I heard that? Here's one thing to do, not just try: I say, see ya, I 'm going fishing.....
    • Federico  •  1 year 2 months ago
      While all that is great advise if you can put it into practice, I found that the easiest way to stop a fight in it's track is to (right in the heat of things) look a my partners mouth with great concern and say "sweety, you have something in your teeth....looks like spinach" ......in a nanosecond, all the energy and attention goes to the way she looks and the fight is history!
    • adamc  •  1 year 2 months ago
      Treating and tending to your relationship should never be handled through "quick quotes." Speak from your heart, and if he/she loves you, they'll listen. Simple enough, right? If your not happy in what you're trying to work on then get out of that relationship! Not every relationship requires hours of talking about feelings, too many head butts and arguments is a sign you're trying too hard to make a relationship work. Just be happy!
    • mike lars  •  1 year 2 months ago
      Kathy- and twenty pairs of shoes is soooooo smart?
    • mike lars  •  1 year 2 months ago
      stu wants a divorce
      suger and spice must strip once she realizes she is looseing
    • shubanlal  •  1 year 2 months ago
      What if she doesn't understand any thing from the above listed?

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