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Why Conflicts Are Key To Building Strong Relationship
From conflicts to connection; here’s how we navigated differences as a couple!
This blog is the fourth in the series of 15 Blogs, on How My Love Story Unfolded Over The Years?
A partnership, for all I know, is a connection built on compromise and understanding (a lot of it!). It's not like I have a PhD on “relationships” and I am writing this for a fact! But these three components I listed above (connection, compromise, and understanding) are why I have a strong partnership! While love and laughter do have their role in this, let me break it to you- CONFLICTS in an honest relationship are INEVITABLE.
For many, disagreements can feel overwhelming, even threatening. But how we both see conflicts is not as roadblocks, but opportunities! Opportunities to deepen your understanding of each other, grow as individuals, and strengthen the bond you share!
Now, before you think I am talking too idealistically, read this further to know that my idea of conflict is far from perceiving it with idealism! It is just, that my understanding of conflicts comes from reading some psychological books and knowing that I, at an individual level, have my emotional patterns, that can lead to conflicts. Hence, when it comes from someone else, it isn’t surprising but looks like a known territory. So…
