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Chasing the Dodgers: Handling Conflict When You’re Different
Conflict. Ugh. Just the sound of that word makes us cringe, right? But know this. If you can learn how to manage it well, conflict will help your relationship. Yes, make it better because both unaddressed issues and bloody battles are death to your relationship. One might just take longer to make it die than the other. So, let’s figure this out. First, there are really two kinds of people when it comes to conflict: Chasers and Dodgers. Both have good points when it comes to conflict, but both have the capacity to really screw it up, too. It’s important to identify who you both are so the road can…
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It’s an Emergency: Why Nagging is Causing Destruction in Your Relationship
I work for a Facilities Management Company. Very large corporations, hospitals and universities trust us to manage everything related to their buildings. When a leak is reported, we treat it as an emergency no matter the intensity. We know that even the slow, steady drip of a tiny leak can cause destruction. Nagging acts just like a leak in relationships. Its constant and persistent drip slowly and steadily destroys intimacy. And, for all that it costs, it doesn’t yield much. You may get what you want in the short term because you asked for it long enough and loud enough. But in the end, you can’t force through lasting…