How often do you fight with your spouse/partner and how do you make up?
By devijay78
@devijay78 (1573)
India
October 22, 2010 2:02pm CST
My husband and I used to fight in the early years of my marriage. Most of the times, it used to be heated arguments and for a lot of silly reasons. Now I don't fight much. I just leave it to his choice. But we do make up with each other instantly. I forget the fighting in just about twenty minutes and get back to my normal work. But sometimes, when the topic is very sensitive, I do sulk for hours or days together. There is no soft talk or flowers or anything. Sometimes he just says sorry. But most of the time, we ignore that and start working normally and by the end of the day, we are back to normal. How do you people kiss and make up?
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12 responses
@dk0245 (8)
• Singapore
22 Oct 10
I hardly get into a fight with my partner. But normally whenever I have an argument with my girlfriend, we'll both time-out. Settle our thoughts and then talk about it few days later, and try to find out what went wrong and who was in fault. Sometimes I will get her ice-cream or chocolate to ease the tension and make it easier for her to speak her mind. (or make her less pissed)
I believe that whenever there's argument, someone just have to be the humble one and be tolerant. Tolerate. That's what I always tell myself.
@devijay78 (1573)
• India
23 Oct 10
That is so sweet of you. I wish my husband was more like that. If we do fight, he never makes up nor does he gets me chocolates and flowers. But he does say sorry rarely. Sometimes the sorry comes some years late. Better late than never I would say.
Yes. Tolerance is something which is needed in every relationship. If not, it woould break very easily.
And welcome to mylot.
@misheli (552)
• Philippines
24 Oct 10
Like you, we also used to fight in the early years of our marriage. Me and my hubby are both young at that time. I was only 18 when we get married and my hubby was 21. Even if we're fighting we make sure that we fix things out before the end of the day.
@devijay78 (1573)
• India
24 Oct 10
You married so young! But fixing things the same day is always better than carrying it over to the next day. Carrying it like that will widen the distance between husband and wife after the fight.
@tammytwo (4298)
• United States
24 Oct 10
My husband and I have had some big disagreements over the years and usually I wait for him to say Sorry. But over the past year we have both been working on learning more about each other and making the relationship a better one. Because of that I sometimes say SORRY before he does. But I always mean it when I say I'm sorry.
@devijay78 (1573)
• India
24 Oct 10
Our bond has become stronger only after him facing so many problems at the same time and me being there for him. He realises a lot of things now that he did not earlier. Now we dont fight often. It is very rare nowadays. Even if we do fight, we ignore the topic for sometime and then talk casually. Soon the fight is all forgotten
@insulin (2479)
• Philippines
23 Oct 10
We do argue everyday but not that big fight and we make up just by talking about the problem and that's the good thing about our relationship,we don't hide our feelings to each other and shup ut,we talk and I will tell him I hate that and he tells me what he hates then later I know that he hates when I do this or that so It's sort of understanding.We both say sorry to each other after and kiss with hugs and sometimes you know,,in bed.lol.
@devijay78 (1573)
• India
24 Oct 10
Good for you My husband is slowly starting to realise that whatever I say or do is for the good of the family and himself, so has started arguing less. I sometimes find that silence is golden and so most of the time, there is peace at home. So life goes on
@ebuscat (5935)
• Philippines
23 Oct 10
For me very month we have a fight but it depends the topic but we can settle it for one day.
@devijay78 (1573)
• India
24 Oct 10
Every month? I do fight almost every day. We do argue a lot more than fights nowadays. And in the end, somebody always gives in. Since now, almost all of what I was fighting for with my husband has happened, my husband is willing to listen to me and agrees with me most of the time.
@enthusiasticone (348)
• China
23 Oct 10
wow. good subject here. but i don't think we ofter fight with each other. and just one or two days .we will be ok . and just recognise the wrong things we have done to her . then we will be ok for family . so that's the way we do with the trouble .so its not easy to know one in the world so just cherish it . thank you .
@devijay78 (1573)
• India
24 Oct 10
Thanks. But not fight with each other! Gof bless you and your partner. And hope this stays forever. Good day.
@marriedman111399 (1207)
• United States
22 Oct 10
I fight with my wife almost every day and it is getting to be old. I think the main reason that we fight is that my mother-in-law is living with us and she thinks that she is another parent and that she can tell the kids what to do and how to do it and when my wife is not here she is always watching them and every little thing that they do wrong or she thinks is wrong she has to tell my wife and then my wife spanks the kids. I dont think she need to be the parent in our house. There is either my wife or I here all the time to watch over the kids so she just needs to but out. I have told my wife of this and my frustions and she just tells me I am wrong and that her mom can do what she wants to the kids when she is not there and has gone as far as saying that my mother-in-law is in charge of the kids when she is not there. She says that they dont have to listen to me at all. We dont kiss and make up at all. If I keep talking about how I feel then she just gets real mad and leaves the room when things are not going her way.
@devijay78 (1573)
• India
23 Oct 10
Having a parent live with us does involve a lot of problems. Tell it to us in India where we live in joint families, the whole family lives under one roof. Or mostly, the parents live with their sons in the same house and are part of the decision making. Of course, your problem exists here too. They try to take the upper hand in everything we do. That is very frustrating. It is a bad influence on the kids too. They know that whatever parents tell, if they go to grandpa or grandma, then they think they can have their way.
I am sorry that your life is in such a state. Why dont you try talking to your mother in law instead?
@apoljuice1 (730)
• Philippines
23 Oct 10
My husband and I have been married for two years now, and we fight a lot. Mostly because I can't stand it when he's drinking, and mostly because I don't like hanging out with him when he's drinking. That is how he spends his idle time, though. Drinking like he's with friends, except he's alone watching tv. Sometimes it irritates me when he's drinking and instead of ignoring him, I pick on him. Since he's had a bit to drink he doesn't back down either and we end up fighting. But once he sobers up, he says sorry and so do I and things go back to normal.
It's just a simple sorry. Lately we're not fighting as often. It can be really tiring and we try to avoid it as much as possible.
@devijay78 (1573)
• India
23 Oct 10
I know how it would be apoljuice1. This was the problem with me when I got married to my husband. I come from a family of teetotalers and even in my immediate family there is no one who drinks. So it was very difficult for me to adjust with my husband in the beginning. We used to fight terribly. But now for the past two years, I have stopped telling him not to drink. Once in a while it is ok with me. I do not stop him but warn him always when he is going overboard. And that works fine for both of us.
@devijay78 (1573)
• India
23 Oct 10
Wow. Good for you hushi22. Seems like you are in a good relationship. Saying sorry and making up immediately is vital for any relationship to move forward. Good work, keep it up
@hardworkinggurl (37063)
• United States
23 Oct 10
My boyfriend and I live together for almost five years and I must be blessed as he is such a sweetie. Sure we have disputes but nothing ever too serious as he is the first to apologize even if it is my fault.
He says he never wants us fight so hard that we lose touch of the reason why we are together, so far five years and still he is the same. God blessed me with him as he is really great.
@devijay78 (1573)
• India
23 Oct 10
Touch wood. And wishing you that this happiness lasts. He apologises even for you That is such a sweet person you have! A lot of us have husbands and partners who dont apologies for themselves let alone us.
God bless both of you.
@pecito (303)
• Bulgaria
22 Oct 10
Unfortunately I fight a lot with boys,they are sooo different from girls as if coming from another planet.I used to fight a lot with my ex,we even hit each other.And now the history repeats itself with my recent boyfriend:)
@devijay78 (1573)
• India
23 Oct 10
They do come from another planet pecito But if it goes to the point of hitting each other, then you might have to see what is wrong and why you behave violently. (But most of us would like to bang our husbands on the head with a hammer sometimes for being so pig headed)
@cdyt7874 (72)
• Philippines
23 Oct 10
during the early years of our marriage,yes we use to fight.but as your marriage goes deeper you learn ignore other things that starts up a fight. iif he's saying something that i would think it will start a fight , i just leave and do something else that would keep out my mind from it.but on times that i feel i have to say what i feel, i would insist and tell him what is my point.he would sometimes leave the house,when he gets back he would say sorry.most of the time he's the one saying sorry. hehe...when this things happen, we just have to ignore it sometimes. you were right about that.coz everyday is a learning process, we always have to forgive,forgive,forgive and forget.good day.
@devijay78 (1573)
• India
24 Oct 10
Yes. Newly married couples would find it very difficult to adjust. Especially in arranged marriages like mine, it is very difficult because we hardly know the person. It took a lot of effort on my part to come to where I am now, but better late than never I would say.