Conflict

Most couples have one fight, performed for decades with small changes of costume. It is rarely about the towel, the money or the tone of voice. What are you really fighting, and what would it mean to stop winning?

Conflict · Teamwork

What If Nobody Has to Be Right?

He has the screenshot. She has the hurt. On the evening every couple loses by winning.

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Conflict · Reactivity

Why Do You Keep Having the Same Fight?

The subject changes. The script does not. What is going on when two cartoons argue for nine years.

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Conflict · Repair

Is It Normal to Hate the Person You Love?

Harmony, disharmony, repair. Why the night you cannot stand your partner may be the start of the real marriage.

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