How often do you and your SO fight/argue/disagree?

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Just wondering what's normal or average.

How often do you disagree or just get irritated/annoyed with each other?

How often do you argue?

How often do you have a fight, as in heated words, really angry with one another, blaming, etc.?

Do you have the same issues causing disagreements, or do you usually solve it and fight about something else next time? Did anything change the frequency if fighting, such as kids, living together, time, counseling?
 

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How often do you disagree or just get irritated/annoyed with each other?
Rarely. We disagree on things but we both act like adults and (generally) use our words without getting angry.

How often do you argue?
Never? I don't really argue with anyone in a heated manner. I've only ever seen him argue with his sister...

How often do you have a fight, as in heated words, really angry with one another, blaming, etc.?
Rarely. I've been really angry at him maybe 3 times in the 2+ years we've dated.

Do you have the same issues causing disagreements, or do you usually solve it and fight about something else next time? Did anything change the frequency if fighting, such as kids, living together, time, counseling?
Not really applicable.

I was super duper excited to find someone as not into fighting as I am. I know it sound silly but it's soooo nice to be with someone who doesn't really get uptight about things. Love it.!
 

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How often do you disagree or just get irritated/annoyed with each other?
We get annoyed and disagree fairly often, but it usually is about little things.

How often do you argue?
We used to argue a LOT, but we don't argue too much anymore. We will snark at each other every once in a while, but we usually laugh about it later. We do argue about finances sometimes, but for the most part we have found a system with handling finances that works for the both of us which has decreased the amount of arguing over finances.

How often do you have a fight, as in heated words, really angry with one another, blaming, etc.?
Very rarely nowadays

Do you have the same issues causing disagreements, or do you usually solve it and fight about something else next time? Did anything change the frequency if fighting, such as kids, living together, time, counseling?
We usually solve it but sometimes we will argue over the same stuff. We use to argue so bad and I almost left him over it so we did do counseling and a communications class and that made a big difference in our relationship.
 
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Well honestly, we are like the Bickersons in our day to day life. But serious arguments or disagreements? Rarely, maybe once or twice a year at most. And knock-down fights? I can't remember the last time.

Honestly I think we just got old and learned to accept each other's quirks and stuff without trying to change them. That goes a long way towards not fighting about stupid sh*t.
 

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How often do you disagree or just get irritated/annoyed with each other?
Not that often.. sometimes he forgets to pick up things after work but after 8yrs, it's just expected he won't remember& so I've stopped expecting it when I do ask. Now it's just a pleasant surprise if he remembers LOL!

How often do you argue?
Umm.. not often? I actually can't think of the last time we argued. So I'm going with probably a handful of times over the years.

How often do you have a fight, as in heated words, really angry with one another, blaming, etc.?
We recently got in a huge fight but it was really more that he hurt my feelings in a serious way& made me upset about our relationship. Other than that, I would say we have a big heated fight less than every 2yrs and, in the end, we realize the big fights weren't worth the effort.

Do you have the same issues causing disagreements, or do you usually solve it and fight about something else next time? Did anything change the frequency if fighting, such as kids, living together, time, counseling?
Solve them& move on. If you can't get past it, either stop fighting about it or be done with the relationship. Moving in together didn't change anything, really. Maybe sometimes I'm a little more glad when we are apart than when we lived in separate places ;)
 

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Just wondering what's normal or average.

How often do you disagree or just get irritated/annoyed with each other?

How often do you argue?

How often do you have a fight, as in heated words, really angry with one another, blaming, etc.?

Do you have the same issues causing disagreements, or do you usually solve it and fight about something else next time? Did anything change the frequency if fighting, such as kids, living together, time, counseling?
1. I honestly don't think there is a normal or average. No relationship is like the next, they are all pretty unique!!!

2. We generally enjoy each others company, but we have times we annoy one another. It's quite fleeting though, and we tend to laugh about it reasonably quickly. I think it's usually when we are tired or fed up. I'd say it happens.... Err dunno, don't count! Once a week?? Sometimes it's often, sometimes it's rare. We like to wind each other up, and we annoy each other, but it's usually kept playful.

3. We rarely argue. I hate arguments for one. I'd say we've had a handful in the last 3.5yrs. And I could probably tell you the details of each argument, and they were all justified I'd say too!!! We've had more in the past year as things have been pretty tough, for lots of reasons I'm not going to list here! I think most people would have cracked if they'd been through what we have (lots of stuff, all at the same time so couldn't fix one with out something else going wrong).

4. As above... There's only been one major event to cause us to really argue, and it was very serious, and it was mainly me arguing and him grovelling. There's only been one real occasion when I stayed angry with him for any period of time. Day to day we don't stay mad for long. The other arguments were more out of stress.

5. We don't shout and scream at one another, so can't say we have heated words a huge amount at all. We tend to just have serious discussions lol

6. We argued about the same stuff. We had a very, VERY tough year and it was all a bit too much in the end. As the year has come towards an end, issues have resolved themselves, we are closer again, the other issues are resolving, things are moving forward (or back to where they were I suppose). They weren't just random arguments for the sake of it, they were very specific about specific stuff.


Honestly, I wouldn't want to be in a 'passionate' fiery relationship. I like the fact we love one another's company and laugh A LOT. The stuff we have been through has been hard, but even then we weren't arguing on a daily or even weekly basis. It was now and then. And usually after a build up of stress. And we aren't horrid to one another, we tended to just...... Talk it out. We never leave the house angry with each other, we don't go to bed angry with each other.
 

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Basically.

How often do you disagree or just get irritated/annoyed with each other?
Whenever we're in the car. He tries to play with my boobs while I'm driving. NOT SAFE, RICK.

How often do you argue?

Once every few months. Always about moving, which is finally happening soon... so.

How often do you have a fight, as in heated words, really angry with one another, blaming, etc.?
No.

Do you have the same issues causing disagreements, or do you usually solve it and fight about something else next time? Did anything change the frequency if fighting, such as kids, living together, time, counseling?
Always moving. Not an issue any longer.

Praise jaysus.
 

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We enjoy each other's company - like a lot, which is good because we literally spend all day every day together at work and home.

We (well, I) get annoyed or stressed about silly things at work, usually my colleagues or stupid situations, and sometimes take it out on him for a brief moment until he brings me back to reality and tells me that everything is just fine. In our personal lives, I also get stressed or annoyed with the way he deals with money, but he calms me down in that aspect too and I've learned to be less stingy and uptight about it.

We've never had a heated argument or have been mad at each other for more than 10 minutes.

We have a rule that we can only fight if we're holding hands and/or naked ;)

I don't think there's a normal or average. All people are different and all relationships are unique. It just so happens that K is very level headed and the most patient man I've ever met, and I'm pretty low key as well.
 

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GTA5 arrived today as its released here..... I may change my answer as I become an Xbox widow :D
 

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Just wondering what's normal or average.

How often do you disagree or just get irritated/annoyed with each other?
Rarely, I mean sure there are things that are little annoyances but we don't really let it manifest into anything. We are who we are and we don't try to change each other. Most often if he gets annoyed with me it's because I am having a day where i am really down on myself and putting myself down at every turn and that bothers him and he will usually just say "what is wrong with you today that you are being so hard on yourself" and then I usually burst into tears lol and then he just holds me while i cry it out.

How often do you argue?
Almost never, if we do it's usually alcohol induced and it's more nitpicky than arguing and it's usually me that starts it lol

How often do you have a fight, as in heated words, really angry with one another, blaming, etc.?
Never. We never say mean things to each other. My last relationship was very emotionally abusive and that kind of stuff just makes me shut down. Brian knows this and if he really wanted to he could really abuse that weakness but he's a good man and doesn't ever lash out at me like that. Neither of us believes in saying hurtful things to someone you love just because you are angry.

Do you have the same issues causing disagreements, or do you usually solve it and fight about something else next time? Did anything change the frequency if fighting, such as kids, living together, time, counseling?
Can't say there is any one thing and we are pretty good at banding together when things get rough... The exception is when I have PMS an then I'm a raving lunatic but again... He's a good man and takes it in stride and knows that it's not personal... It's hormonal lol
 

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How often do you disagree or just get irritated/annoyed with each other?
We sometimes agree to disagree on certain subjects where we have different oppinions.

As far as being annoyed at each other...it happens occasionally. There are certain things we approach differently and sometimes that leads mild annoyance, but it never lasts long.

How often do you argue?

Very rarely. If one or both of us are upset we usually wait to talk about things more rationally when tempers have cooled.

How often do you have a fight, as in heated words, really angry with one another, blaming, etc.?

I do not think we have ever had it get to that point about anything.

Do you have the same issues causing disagreements, or do you usually solve it and fight about something else next time? Did anything change the frequency if fighting, such as kids, living together, time, counseling?

The one thing that sometimes reoccurs is the fact that I would like another dog he absolutely does not. Neither of us would ever allow this to be a serious issue however...
 

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How often do you disagree or just get irritated/annoyed with each other? Once in a while? I mean, when you live with someone, you're bound to get annoyed at little things as they come up. It's my choice to let it escalate or let it go though. We disagree on a lot of stuff (politics, career choices, etc) but it doesn't effect our daily lives so I don't worry about it.

How often do you argue?
Extremely rarely. We are both very rational, logical people who will talk through situations to death, coming up with a solution that we are both satisfied with.

How often do you have a fight, as in heated words, really angry with one another, blaming, etc.? Never. Never, ever, ever. Well, once, a couple years ago, he did something really stupid/dangerous/scary and I was so distraught that when I finally found him (he was lost, drunk, at 2 in the morning in DC) I was sobbing and screaming because I was so scared. Once the panic subsided (and he woke up sober the next morning) we were able to discuss it rationally.

Do you have the same issues causing disagreements, or do you usually solve it and fight about something else next time? Did anything change the frequency if fighting, such as kids, living together, time, counseling? We don't fight. We really don't. I've been in relationships full of arguments and they just aren't fun. Drama is draining to me. So much easier to just be rational and not fight.
 

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1. Very infrequently. The times I do get annoyed I keep my mouth shut until the immediate feeling of annoyance is over. If I can't get over it, then I talk with him about it later when I can be rational. There have only been 2 times that I can think of that I've actually just let something fly out of my mouth and then instantly regretted it. Most of the time I realize I am just overreacting and I was getting upset at something he would have had no clue beforehand that it would upset me (like letting his brother in law move my car or not telling me what he wants for dinner). I just try to remind myself not to sweat the small stuff.

2. We have never had an argument.

3. We don't ever have heated discussions or arguments. I experienced this a lot as a.kid with my parents and I try VERY hard to pick my battles and try to remember his thoughts and feelings when I do have something to say. I do not like arguments.

4. We don't argue so I don't feel this applies.
 

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How often do you disagree or just get irritated/annoyed with each other?
Disagree? Often. :p Get irritated/annoyed? Eh...less than frequent? I can think of many, many things we have disagreed about...and we always discuss it ("This is why I think XYZ, what is your reasoning for ABC?") and then from that discussion we typically either compromise or bow to the others superior logic. LOL

How often do you argue?
We've been together for two and a half years. I can think of ONE time we had an argument (can't even remember what it was about, now), and then in the middle of it, I said, "This is stupid, WTF are we arguing about?" and...that was the end of it. We've had intense discussions before, but never something that I would label as argumentative.

How often do you have a fight, as in heated words, really angry with one another, blaming, etc.?
Never. Don't get me wrong, I've been pissed at him/annoyed with him plenty of times and I'm sure he's been exasperated/frustrated by me numerous times as well...but he has never raised his voice at me, nor I him. And I honestly don't see that changing.

Do you have the same issues causing disagreements, or do you usually solve it and fight about something else next time? Did anything change the frequency if fighting, such as kids, living together, time, counseling?
We don't fight, so I can't really answer this. However, I do know that when one of us has a serious issue with something and it is brought up, it is addressed. It doesn't remain an issue.

I remember when a friend of mine was dating a guy that she thought would be her "soul mate" and "be the one she'd spend the rest of her life with". They would have a serious arguments that resulted in hurt feelings and I'm-not-talking-to-you behavior at LEAST once a week. I remember saying to Mike, "How in the heck is that a healthy relationship? She does realize that if that doesn't change, they're never going to work, right?" Sure enough...they didn't.
 
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Suddenly I feel like I'm in a really destructive relationship because most of you guys don't even argue.. ever?
 

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Suddenly I feel like I'm in a really destructive relationship because most of you guys don't even argue.. ever?
All relationships are different--you really can't compare. Are you happy?

But yeah, we don't really argue. We'll get annoyed by something the other person does, but I don't pick a fight over it. (Really, another football game to watch!??!) I don't know, we respect each other too much to waste energy fighting.

We've done a fair share of marital counseling, so maybe that makes a difference? We did the sessions before we got married (which were awesome--EVERYONE SHOULD DO THEM!) and then our small group at church did a session on strengthening marriages and we learned even more communication skills. I love marriage counseling. We've never had real issues, but it's so rewarding to keep making our relationship stronger.
 

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Suddenly I feel like I'm in a really destructive relationship because most of you guys don't even argue.. ever?
Are you guys happy? Different strokes
For different folks. We have friends who are at each other all the time and to me i wonder how they can stand it... But it works for them and they are happy. I am just non combative, I used to be but I was pretty much beaten into the ground emotionally and learned that it was somethig i couldn 't vompete with nor wanted. He dealt with a similar over controlling relationship and it really solidified our desires in a relationship. Not just what we wanted but what we would give to the other person.

My sister is the combative and confrontational type. Her and her husband married knowing that she is easy to wind up and that he enjoys getting her wound up and down deep she enjoys being wound up. Somehow they work together because that friction works for them

It does not work for me or for Brian and we are so similar in so many ways .. In our views, our wants, our needs, desires, etc. we have faced some really hard times but we band together and it strengthens us. I remember after a difficult immigration time and it was going to be difficult for me to return home and we were so supportive to each other long distance and my mom was like " it's so great that through all this you guys haven 't fought or blamed each other
Or anything" but that wasn 't even a thought for either of us. But that is just how we are as individuals and as a couple
 

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How often do you disagree or just get irritated/annoyed with each other

Disagree? Probably every few weeks. Irritated/annoyed? Probably every few days. ;)

How often do you argue?

It used to be a LOT more frequent, but we've worked through a lot of things in the last 5 years of marriage (and 4 years together before that), so the frequency has gone down to about every couple of months I'd say. It used to be at least once/month.

How often do you have a fight, as in heated words, really angry with one another, blaming, etc.?

Once or twice a year.

Do you have the same issues causing disagreements, or do you usually solve it and fight about something else next time? Did anything change the frequency if fighting, such as kids, living together, time, counseling?

Used to be the same general reasons/issues (issues with how the other handles things, for ex), now we generally only argue about bigger things, like when we discussed how to discipline futurekid, and resolve them after said argument/discussion.

I've learned a lot about how we both argue and process info best, so we have much more constructive arguments than we did a few years ago. :)
 

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How often do you disagree or just get irritated/annoyed with each other?

Honestly, it depends on how much we see each other. We are pretty much opposite from every other couple in the world in the fact that the less we see of each other, the more bickering occurs. Normally, we find something to nitpick each other on about one a week. It's literally, "Seriously? I just picked up the kitchen. Please put your dishes in the dishwasher." or "Meg, really? Can you please get up 15 minutes earlier and get the dogs out and fed so that I don't have to do it when I get home?"

How often do you argue?

Kind of answered this above... but real arguments? Very rare. VERY rare. Most of the time, if it escalates to that level, he's done something that could have injured him.

How often do you have a fight, as in heated words, really angry with one another, blaming, etc.?

There's only ever been two instances where it got to this. They were fights. However, even in a heated fight we never call each other bad names or put displaced blame on the other person. NEVER. Never, never, never. If he flat out did something stupid (and trust me, it's happened) he will get called out on it. But we are very good about communicating and don't let things fester, which is where displaced blame comes from. Our arguments include only what we are "fighting" about, never about things that happened in the past or things that we've kept bottled up.

Do you have the same issues causing disagreements, or do you usually solve it and fight about something else next time? Did anything change the frequency if fighting, such as kids, living together, time, counseling?

Solve it and bicker about something else next time, for sure. Living together cut down on petty arguments. Maturity also helped. Kids are n/a. Time is important, but never leads to huge fights, just stupid picking. Haven't done counseling, but found that a young married couples group really helped us.

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