List some of the basic rules of fighting fair that may be used by couples to control their arguments.
What will be an ideal response?
Some of the basic rules of fighting fair are:
1. Don't make sarcastic or insulting remarks about your partner's sexual inadequacy.
2. Don't bring up the names of former spouses, lovers, and girlfriends or boyfriends. Stick to the issue: your relationship with your partner.
3. Don't play amateur psychologist.
4. Don't threaten to tell your parents or run home.
5. Don't bring children into the argument. It is too stressful emotionally to force them to take sides between you and your partner.
6. Don't engage in dumping-storing up gripes for six months and then dumping them all at once.
7. Don't bring up a serious issue negative issue when there is no opportunity to continue the discussion.
8. Don't focus on who's to blame. Focus on looking for solutions. If you avoid blaming, it lets both you and your partner save face, which helps both of you feel better about the relationship.
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