1. Create emotional rules for your home Consider your unofficial house rules. Are you comfortable with them? If your partner is open to a discussion, talk about your rules and if there are any they'd like to change.
Point out behaviors that you've tolerated in the past that you might want to adjust now. You could say, for example, "I notice we slam doors in this house whenever we're angry.
2. Respect, acknowledge and take care of each other's feelings
If a conversation becomes intense, take a break. Give your partner the benefit of the doubt, but don't allow their behavior to dictate yours. Separate the behavior from the feeling.
You never want to invalidate their feelings. They're entitled to whatever emotion they have. But they are the one who is responsible for what they do with that emotion.
3. Come up with a plan together Let's say you received a job opportunity that requires you to move several hours away.
You feel excited about it, but your partner feels sad about the possibility of moving and they want you to decline.
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