Just can't stop fighting.

iVillage Member
Registered: 04-17-2007
Just can't stop fighting.
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Sun, 04-22-2007 - 2:14am

We've only been dating about 2 months. Things were great in the beginning. I guess our "honeymoon phase" is over. Dammit. Lol.

We keep fighting over trivial things. Everything else in the relationship is pretty great. We just need to get over this obstacle. It just seems like we are so unfamiliar with each other's talking styles that we misinterpret things & take everything the wrong way. Thus, a fight ensues. Or, we are maybe just AWFUL at presenting problems/issues/aggravations to each other.

Anyway to curtail the fights? Any books/threads, etc that might help us learn to communicate better? I think he & I have a chance if we can figure this part out.

Thanks

iVillage Member
Registered: 02-05-2007
Sun, 04-22-2007 - 2:24am

Welcome to the board lushass,


Reading material to consider:


Are You The One For Me? Barbara DeAngelis


The Last Word on the Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense – Susan Elgin


A Couple's Guide to Communication, John Mordechai Gottman
Relationship Rescue, Dr Phil