How long would you go on cold war with your wife in a dispute

China
October 19, 2008 8:05pm CST
i had been on cold war with my wife the past 3 days and i do not think that i am at fault. i have been giving in to her but this time i am not going to. she has been using the excuse that she is younger than me so i must give in to her each time we jhave a dispute which i find it lame. the longest cold war i had was with my ex-wife and it lasted almost 2-3 months which indirectly resulted in our divorce. while i do not want it to happen this time, i do not know how long should i made my stand till we start talking. she is not giving way too but neither am i. i will see how situation is in 1 week before making my next move. anyone have opinions on this?
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9 responses
• India
20 Oct 08
Ego..Ego is the main problem for these disputes and divorces..small disputes may always occur between husband and wife..but anyone of them with lose their ego and accept their fault..if not so it'll result in divorce..if there true love between them means,after a 2 or 3 days they'll feel that they are losing something..and their day-by-day activities will go boring without their partner..hence they accept their mistake and go with their partner..there s no need that you should always go with her..you can talk with personnaly and talk about wher the mistake happened and whose was that..this can solve the problem..mutual understanding will always solve the problem and it is the cure for any dispute..
• China
20 Oct 08
of course i will not let it go on but this time i want to let her know that i mean business and that her actions and behaviours is not right. i just want to sound out opinions on the time frame i should stop this cold war.
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• India
20 Oct 08
hi friend..this time you talk to her freely and ask her what she want you to do..after that you decide what you want her to do and tel her..its just a mutual understanding and a bond of love..
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• China
21 Oct 08
the problem is she is adamant in that i must give to her even if she is at fault. her principle is i am a man, i am older, she is younger so she is right in all issues...this is as good as saying ''customer is always right'.
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@psspurgeon1 (1109)
• United States
20 Oct 08
It really isn't worth your marriage. Chances are that neither of you are not talking for the reason it started. After a few hours, it turns into just pride alone and that is not a good place to be. Being happily married isn't about one holding out longer it is about being able to put the stubbornness aside and moving on with your lives. If you guys would do this often, you would never talk. And the being younger so give into me thing is just crazy. I have never heard of such a weird/pointless thing to say! I would just try to move on and save your marriage.
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• China
20 Oct 08
yes. using the excuse that i am the younger one is simply crazy which is what i am made about. i do not tthink i should give in this time. it has been too many times that she uses this as an excuse to cover her wrongdoings. it is not right and something i want heer to know this time. to stay in a relationship, u must learn to give and take and not take all the time. she has to learn. if she says she is young, then start learning now and not use the same excuses 5-10 years down the road.
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@sharra1 (6340)
• Australia
20 Oct 08
This is the silliest thing I have heard in years. Do you want your marriage to work or do you want a divorce with the words "I won". Marriage is not a war. Have you ever heard of communication where you sit down with your wife and sort out the problem rather than just blaming each other. You think you are right, she thinks she is right, just not talking is not solving the problem. You will never force her to agree with you and she will never force you to agree with her. Have you ever heard of compromise? That is where 2 or more people work out an arrangement they can live with. It is hard for 2 different people to to agree on issues where they think differently. Divorce is running away, working out a solution is the only way to deal with the problem. You can be as stubborn as you like and you can destroy your marriage because of it and so can she but what is the point. Marriage is a partnership where 2 people learn to work together, as a couple. It is not a case of one person ruling the other and making them comply. That is a recipe for divorce.
@sharra1 (6340)
• Australia
21 Oct 08
Well my husband is right 99% of the time but it has nothing to do with his age, he just happens to be clever and knowledgeable. None the less we discuss everything, we never spend money without both of us agreeing to it. We do not have arguments and we never fight. If I have a problem withe something then I asked to be heard and we sit down and talk it through rationally. Usually it is a case of my not having understood something. We have had solid communication from the very beginning. If my partner was not willing to listen to me then I would have a problem but then I would never have married him. It is only difficult if both partners refuse to compromise and stay stubborn because the both want to win. It is not possible. For one to win, one must lose and that is a recipe for problems.
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• China
21 Oct 08
it may be easier to advise but doing it in reality is difficult. maybe i did not make myself clear. i agree marriage is not a war.i think i have explained myself in the earlier post and reply. my wife has this principle that i must give in to her all the time even if she is at fault because she is younger than me. would u accept this if your hubby insist that he is right all the time even when he is obviously in the wrong and would not listen to you AT ALL. would u still be able to practice what you had advised me? In this instance, there is no compromise at all. I wanted a compromise. I wanted her to see that she is at fault thru rationale and logical thinking but she is stubborn in that area. Even to the extent of telling all her friends what had happened. I controlled my temper and did not confront her over this not wanting to make her look bad in front of her friends.
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@sudalunts (5523)
• United States
20 Oct 08
Sometimes you have to prove your point so that the other person will either straighten up and fly right or continue with their self centered ways. I did not speak to my husband for one month. He was totally wrong, and did not want to fess up to it. I also got tired of being the one to bend and try to make right of a wrong situation. I had reached the point where I did not really care what the outcome would be, because I have feelings and emotions too, and our marriage was not supposed to be all about him. That was over a year ago, and we have not had a dispute since then.
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• China
21 Oct 08
great for you. this is the impact i wanted. for my wife to wake up her ideas and ponder over it. she must realised that a wrong is a wrong and can never be twisted to make it a right. i am glad your husband got your intention and i hope my wife would too.
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
20 Oct 08
I don't know of any relationships have been improved by not speaking. Wouldn't loving and kind communication be a better tool to resolve the differences?
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• China
21 Oct 08
yes. not speaking does not help but tried communication and it didn't work out so i am maintaining my stand now and see how my wife reacts this time. it time i show her i mean business and i am serious. she has to knows she is wrong this time and her behaviour is not accepted.
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• India
20 Oct 08
i think self esteem is important if your better half is wrong but if there is a misunderstanding then there should be a mutual understanding between both of them and one has to take the initiative to start
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• China
21 Oct 08
yes. i agree. at times we have to make our stands when things is obviously not right. at times we give in as the matter is trival. in a marriage, it is all about give and take. we accomodate each other but not when one party is doing all the giving and the other taking all but not giving
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@emarie (5442)
• United States
21 Oct 08
shoots, my husband is 13 years older then me and i'm still wrong all the time. he has age on his side and being older should mean you know more. now, i'm not saying she's in the wrong or even that you're in the wrong because i don't know the whole situation and i also don't know both sides of the argument. i know i can't go more then a few days being mad at my husband. he doesn't like me mad and he'll do something sweet or funny to make me smile again. its just in his nature. no matter how angry i get. i don't think you should intentionally avoid your spouse, only stay away to calm down and rationally think about the situation, then you both should sit down and calmly talk about how each other is feeling. if the conflict was caused by a misunderstanding then you could probably have a chance to clear things up. if she feels she's lacking something from the relationship, she can tell you then. the important thing is for BOTH to listen without getting upset and one another and honestly take in what the other is saying. from there, you should be able to make up and start the path of healing.
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• India
20 Oct 08
In marriage if you have suchstrong egos, it is spelling doom. lump your ego and make up. Lines of communication shoudl always be kept open. a lot of problems cn be solved by communicating freely and frankly. Cold war is inevitable at times but thenit shoudlnot last for more thana day or two. i have beenmarried for 28 years and we have always finished the cold war within a day or two and thensat and discussed the problem and solved it. There have never been any major arguments and we are quite compatable.
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• China
21 Oct 08
if i have strong ego, this marriage would end long ago. i am surprised that she is a different person before and after marriage and as a man and having seen many women in my life, i can confidently make a statement that no one else could stand her more than me.....even her mum also gave up on her and ask me to be patient and endure with it.
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@ljmacca (86)
• Turkey
20 Oct 08
i would swallow my pride and talk to your wife, marriage is about compromise at the end of the day, give and take. your wife is unreasonable with the she is younger so i must win thats rubbish she also needs to apologise. i usually find that if we've given eachother a certain lenght of tiime (how long depending on what we argued about) then we sit down calmly and talk things over then we both apologise anyways cos thats wot we do. we've both shouted and got angry/upset/hurt it doesnt matter who started it, its more about who finishes it and tries to be the better person. is being right and keeping your pride over 1 argument worth losing ur marriage at the end of the day. being in an adult realtionship means taking the rough with the smooth it means having arguments but resolving them it means not always being as stubborn or proud as we might want be. believe me i am a stubborn proud person but at the end of the day, im only such a strong person because i have such a strong person loving me. when we argue i always try(and yes its bloody hard) but rather than think how much he's irritating me or how badly he's hurt me this time but i force myself to think how much i love him and what his love means to me and think of our wedding day eventually this will calm me down enough to make me want to talk and figure out what the real problem is, half the time we argue becuase we've had a bad day at work or we're tired or something but id say alot of the time we argue it actually has nothing to do with eachother its just that we are the only people eachother feel close enough to be able to let off steam with and get out our frustrations i wish you all the luck in the world, and remember as long as the good times outweigh the bad times you've got a relationship worth fighting for. good luck :)
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