Phrases only people in bad relationships say

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There are some relationship truths that are better thought silently than said aloud. I’m in a great relationship. Things run pretty smoothly. But a lot of that has to do with my putting to use some of the many important (and difficult) relationship truths I’ve learned over the years. The thing is that, these truths are just a part of my subconscious now. I don’t need to remind myself of them—they’re deep in my psyche, and play a role in all the decisions I make in my relationship. Now, what I will say is that, they are all truths I had to learn the hard way—most of us do. We learn these nuggets of wisdom in the wrong relationships, and then we apply them to future relationships to make them better. But once we’re in the right relationship, we don’t really have to think about them anymore. Let me explain: here are phrases only people in bad relationships say out loud.

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Every couple fights

Of course they do! I’m not going to sit here and pretend that my boyfriend of five plus years and I have never gotten into a fight. But, we don’t get into many. It’s the couples who fight way too much that wind up saying, “Hey—every couple fights.”