A fighting couple. [Photo/ebonymagazine.com]
Conflicts will always be a part of any relationship.Some of them happen to help you rise above individual mentality and some of them only make your relationship stronger than it was before.
Here are a few ways to conquer the constraints in your relationship and rise above them with your partner.
Always think before you speak and also be keen to listen.Before addressing your partner in whatever the issue is, think of how best to pursue your partner so that at the end of the day you will not make the problem worse but you will have solved the problem.
Agree to disagree.You are probably from different backgrounds so chances are you will not always agree on somethings.Understand their opinion even if its not right in your view.Sometimes you will not find a common ground but you have to agree to disagree.
Don't bring up the past. Forgetting the past serves in the best interest for you and your partner to grow.Avoid judging your partner with the mistakes that they did in the past with those in the present.Focus on the center of the present conflict and not past conflicts.
Accept correction.It is important to listen and see on what side of the conflict do you fall in.If you went wrong, apologize, accept and adjust to the correction in the context.You will progress more than remaining stagnant on the same issue.