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Resolving Disputes in Relationships


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When people live and/or work together, they often disagree. This is normal and healthy as disputes and disagreements are common events that lead to problem solving and compromise. However, while quitting disputes can lead to stress and stress can lead to slipping so here are a few tips to help you along in the resolution of your next dispute with a loved one:

•    Don’t make it a war: This means do not enlarge the dispute by telling and/or involving friends or family. Not only does this project an ill image of your partner to those involved but it can end up by dividing or fracturing bonds in families and /or friendships. In almost every instance, the details disputes between you & your significant other should be kept between the pair of you.
•    Mutual corners: We’ve all seen it on TV, husbands & wives yelling each other using every name in the book. And just as we’ve seen, name calling accomplishes nothing but further escalation & hurt feelings so keep it clean ladies & gentleman
•    Time to get creative: Likely, there is more than one potential solution to the conflict or dispute you are having. Start brainstorming together and hopefully you’ll be able to find a solution in which both parties win, neither party loses or wins but compromises or one party loses knowing that next time around they will come out the winner.

How have you resolved your disputes? Any tips?
 
Ashley, Health Educator

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