FIGHTING FAIR IN LOVE AND MARRIAGE - David L Antion - August 1976

David L Antion

Marital squabbles aren't fun. But they need not be destructive if a couple knows how to "fight" correctly. Here are the rules. It comes as no surprise to hear that married couples have arguments. In fact, sometimes they have more than arguments. They have fights! But it isn't polite to call them "fights" - so let's call them "opportunities." This article is about opportunities to calmly or not so calmly discuss troublesome issues, to improve communication in a marriage, and to increase true intimacy between husband and wife. According to Robert Kelley, author of Courtship. Marriage and the Family, a marital argument is "a result of a breakdown in the working partnership between husband and wife." These breakdowns occur for a number of reasons – emotional frustrations, hurt feelings, misunderstood role expectations. And every variety of poor communications. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library