Is taming our differences a relationship survival kit?

Day 21

The best part of the relationship is sharing the similarities in life, and we are in agreement with the other person in the relationship. The challenge in the relationship is the disagreement or the differences. Tell me have you stopped talking to someone, or cannot see someone eye to eye because of these difference. What happens when the disagreement gets out of hand? Is it the end of the relationship?

Here is my question: Is taming our differences a relationship survival kit?

When in an argument based on differences, how many times have we attempted to rationalize the conversation of the opponent? Even a better question, at the point of argument, is the opponent your friend? Is the battle on the same topic that started the argument or differences? Is there a possible, that we may bring up conversation that we may regret in future?

Will the progression of argument be confined if boundaries are set? The biggest part of taming the difference would be following the five minute rule. Studies have discovered in a conversation on a topic, the maximum attention span is five minutes. Many marketers follow this theory and attempt to bullet points the topic in the first five minutes.

Do you think many divorces or broken relationship could be saved by knowing when to stop the difference? A healthy difference can present the characteristics of critical criticism and have the potential to become constructive. In a difference, the key is to realize the other person is listening and not defending. When a person is defending the argument, the difference argument has crossed the boundary because a sense of accusation is developed.

“Differences can be constructive in limited boundaries, excessive differences could be destructive.”

~Lenji Jacob