Do you ever get involved in other persons marital spats and if so how ?
By ronnyb
@ronnyb (6113)
Jamaica
January 2, 2009 11:04am CST
Personally I tend to shy away from being involve in other persons marital spats?.At least I try not to take sides, I prefer to play a kind of intermediary/counselor seeking to find a common ground rather than a adjudicator apportioning blame. My reasons for taking this stance is two fold ,firstly if and when the couples makes up back and decide to look back on the situation ,you may find yourself coming under attack from the loving couple. Secondly I would hate to be the reason for the break up even if that may be a good option ,Id rather give them advice and present the situation logically and if they want to separate then that would be their decision not mine.
What is your policy Re: getting involved in marital spats? Do you strive for neutrality or do you adjudicate and lay blame?
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13 responses
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
2 Jan 09
i don't take sides w/anybody's spats. i really am not around anybody that does that. my girlfrirnds will fuss about their husbands to me lol but i just listn most of the time.
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
2 Jan 09
i wousay ezactly what i thought at the moment. that's just the way i am. if it pops up in this peabrain of mine out it comes. poeple have a heard time dealing w/that sometimes. all my friends know me so they are not surprised. lol
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
2 Jan 09
h typing, sorry about that. i do know better.
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@sunil_008 (1269)
• India
3 Jan 09
well i never try to interfere in a couples personal fight because everybody knows that you are going to hurt only yourself when they look back towards their mistakes. i think its better to give them valuable advice to resolve it inbetween themselves without involving the third party in it. the more people come to the picture the more comic/complicated it will become with less people and closed doors things should be sorted out. after all people do want to enjoy scenes on the streets for free.
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@suzzy3 (8341)
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2 Jan 09
I stay well out of anybodies disputes and stay neutral,one of my friends were always arguing and telling me everything so in the end I broke away from the situation and left them to it.They would be at parties and take pot shots at one another and seeings we used to go with them it was so embarrasing.It used to take the edge of the evening and we ended up going home early,faining a headache.I listen when so one is just haveing an upset,we eat chocolates and drink tea.I don't say anything horrible about the partner just listen to my friends upset and then send them home to make up.
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@dhaksha80 (143)
• Singapore
3 Jan 09
I will stand for neutral.bcoz as the other person said(sorry didnt notice name) marriage is relationship between two persons,whatever misunderstandings they have to solve it. If there is a third person involving in them, the couple will themself feel bad later that why they involved in our matter. Sometimes they may ask our opinion. that says that they both are not intimate to each other.we can give our opinion,the final decision to be taken by them. what i believe is when there is a strong bonding between the couples,there is no need of other person.
@rogue13xmen13 (14402)
• United States
3 Jan 09
I try to never get involved, but knowing my families history of divorce, everyone gets thrown in, and it is hard not to take sides at times. In the case of my boyfriend's parents, I will admit that I am taking his mom's side because my boyfriend's father is a real @$$hole (it is true, he is a self-professed @$$hole, he says so himself). He verbally abuses his son, he is lazy, he cares only about himself, and he spends $800+ a month on comic books and collectibles (yes, you read that right, $800+ on comic books and collectibles in one month!). My boyfriend's mother is the "bread-winner" in the marriage, she makes all of the money, takes care of the children, and she pays all of the bills and does all of the needed shopping. Okay, you can all see why I had to take sides on this, right?
@aprilsue00 (1991)
• United States
3 Jan 09
I try to never get involved in someone else's problems. I have enough of my own without worrying about someone else's. If one of my really close friends is having problems then I might offer her advice but that's about it. In my opinion it is up to them to work it out. They know more about the situation than I do and if I tried to step in I would probably make things worse anyway. So I just step back and let them work it out.
@alindahaw (1219)
• Philippines
3 Jan 09
I prefer to stay away from other people's marital spats. The fight between spouses is a personal thing and they should be left alone to resolve their difference on their own. Messing around with other people's personal lives will only make things worse. If the couple need some advice from me, I usually refer them to a marriage councilor. I dare not give advices to the couple lest I cause more confusion.
@annjilena (5618)
• United States
3 Jan 09
i never get involoved in married couple affairs.they have to learn to work their problems out bacause a lot of times the times that are said most of the the time they do not mean it.when you are anger you say a lot of useless words.getting involve or sticking your nose where they don,t belong people sometimes get hurt.
@AnakSuNamun (2084)
• United States
3 Jan 09
I try to stay as neutral as possible,used to take a side before but then noticed that each side tells you a different story so it's impossible to know what happened unless you were there. I'd have empathy for both of them if I listened carefully but I'd still remember to mind my own business and say "Look,he/she was wrong but you're no angel,either! Here's what I would do". As to forming an opinion in someone's favor... We all are right and wrong in a certain way.
I have a couple of friends who are like that and I listen to both of them and I actually got used to it. But I happened to see both of them not long ago and what really ticked me off is when he got drunk and started to discuss their intimate life(in her presence) and explain what exactly he didn't like! "Dude,I am your friend and I will try to help you but THAT is none of my concern,go to a doctor!"
@JenInTN (27514)
• United States
3 Jan 09
I never get involved in marital problems. They are a unit and anything you do where that is concerned is only asking for trouble and the loss of some very good friends. Taking sides only heightens the tension and once they make up the one you didn't "side" with will resent you and cause problems within your friendship to their partner. Nope...never get involved. Be there to listen but as far as advice goes..best too stay out of it.
@zandy985186 (434)
• China
3 Jan 09
I had handled on my younger sister's marital spats.I would support my sister to leave her husband to change mood for short time though i thought half mistake made by my sister but dislike more about her husband was lack of gentleman demeanor.In fact,things are getting worse and worse.The best way for me is keep silence.