How to Win an Argument with Your Spouse

...I believe in arguing with your spouse—in fighting for your marriage. Disagreements and arguments are inevitable, but they don’t need to become angry screaming matches or endlessly tiresome debates if both spouses are willing to embrace one simple principle: The purpose of arguing is to understand each other, not to defeat each other. Both parties automatically lose if either expects the argument to end with a winner and a loser or with one proven right and the other proven wrong. One of my favorite sayings is: "You can’t be married and right at the same time"...