How much do you fight with your significant other?

[donco6]

Poll question: How much do you fight with your significant other?

One of our collegues brought this up in a post, and I'm wondering: How does fighting fit into your relationship?

[eoberhauser]

1. My boyfriend and I

Live together and work together (we own our own business) We've been together for 7 years. The fighting keeps us honest. It's more like debating anyway! ;)

Erin

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

2. How 'bout "None, cuz I booted his sorry ass outta my house"?

[myopinion]

13. how about all the time cause she booted my sorry ass out of the house

[ScreamingMeemie]

3. Only when the Packers play the Lions....

;) and a few other days of the week. :hi:

[donco6]

5. I know about you and those Packers!

:)

[ScreamingMeemie]

6. I really do need to get a life, eh?

;) :hi:

[tekriter]

4. Thirteen year relationship, eleven years of that as husband and wife....

and not one fight. Ever.

[donco6]

7. Wow!

I've been with my partner for eight years, and I think we've had three fights - but I've never had a "screaming" fight, like you see on TV. Ours are more cerebral, I guess - lots of pointed comments and confrontation about things. Pretty painful, but always felt they left the relationship better off.

[achtung_circus]

8. Loud and Often

It probably impacted my decision to leave. Duh.

[WoodrowFan]

9. that depends

how how you define "fight". My family is small, introverted and quiet. My wife's is large, extroverted and LOUD. What I call a "fight" she calls a loud discussion.

[SCDem]

10. We fought so often that now we are

getting a divorce.

[terrya]

11. Fighting doesn't fit in.

Because we don't fight. We're away from each other almost all the time (a long distance relationship). We may disagree on things, but there has never been an argument or fight. I cherish the time we spend together, and I hope Doug does, also. I don't want to spend the times we are together being mad at each other.

[Magrittes Pipe]

12. Eh. My other is not so significant.

:evilgrin:

[Dorian Gray]

14. We bicker a lot

about silly little things. Big fights (screaming matches) happen about once a year. The former are no big deal. The latter get me upset for a day, then I get over it.

We are never verbally abusive toward one another, either. There is cursing, but it's more of the "FUCK! You aren't listening to me!" variety than the "FUCK YOU!" variety.

[Frogtutor]

15. I voted "other" because

I've been married for 19 years, and we've covered the whole range! Now it's more of the rarely category. I think the longer you're married, the less you sweat the small stuff. Also, you become so much like each other, there are fewer misunderstandings!

:shrug:

[ProfessorGAC]

16. Diminishes Over Time

Now, after almost 25 years, the answer is never. When we were younger, and less integrated as a single entity, is was more. But, it was seldom bad and never at the breaking point.

As we got older, we ended up on the same page about nearly everything so darned often that there is really nothing to fight about.
The Professor

[shesemsmom]

17. My Hubby says things that aim

to hurt, I got over that a long time ago. I just ignor him and that really pisses him off

[mondo joe]

18. My ex and I fought all the time. My SO and I almost never.

And we've been together for almost 15 years.

[frictionlessO]

19. we never fight, never go to bed angry at eachother, if we squable

its usually over me being lazy or her nagging me because Im lazy... w usualy make a joke out of it. We cant stand seeing the other upset, so angry feelings go away quickly...

we are enablers of love!!