9 Someone watched the rest of the season.
Many couples bond over watching their favorite TV shows together, so it can feel like a betrayal of trust when one person watches an episode or two of the show without the other.
“To discover what the fight is really about, you need to talk,” says Tina Tessina, PhD, LMFT, a licensed psychotherapist and author of How to Be Happy Partners.“Once you find out the specific reasons behind your partner’s preferences, you’ll find out how to solve the problems you didn’t know were there.” Maybe your partner isn’t getting ahead to spite you, but is simply too impatient to wait to watch and didn’t realize how much watching together meant to you—and is that really something that warrants a skirmish?
10 Spats over walking speed.
Some people just naturally walk faster, and this has nothing to do with being in a hurry or trying to outpace someone else. If it bothers you that your partner is walking too quickly or to slowly, it’s more effective to just tell them that (“I want to slow down so we can actually walk and talk”) than to attack them for their natural walking pace. Also, gents, be mindful: Heels aren’t easy to walk in.
