What do you do when your significant other doesn't agree with you?

United States
March 16, 2010 9:31pm CST
When your significant other doesn't agree with you what do you do? My other likes to give me the silent treatment whenever I don't agree with her and nothing ever gets resolved until she explodes several hours later. Although shes only done it two or three times it does take a toll. I really dislike that she does this and its the only thing that ever makes me mad at her. What should I do?
7 responses
@spalladino (17891)
• United States
17 Mar 10
She needs to learn how to communicate better and the only way that you can help her is to encourage her. I'm a talker and so is my husband so, when we have a disagreement, we talk about it. My oldest daughter, on the other hand, is like your girl...she holds things in until she explodes.
• United States
17 Mar 10
yeah i usually do try to encourage her but sometimes she just holds out. lucky we hardly ever get into fights but thanks for the advice its nice to hear from someone else that encouraging her to talk is the right thing to do.
@razim17 (194)
• Malaysia
5 Apr 10
Try saying that your communication among each other is poor and u guys have to make it better.Dont blame her totally cause that might offend her.Try to put the blame on yourself a little bit and i think its going to be better next time.just my opinion. =)
@p3ks626 (6538)
• Philippines
19 Mar 10
If he doesnt agree with me then I need not to say something because it would be useless to say things cause the person already made the decision in not to agree with you. I am always in this kind of situation and it is actually frustrating now. I dont care to explain things anymore because there's no use. I was exactly in the same situation last night and I could just sigh a very long sigh because I know it will not be anything better and I already have the idea in my mind that I will not be to cope with it yet and that things like it are going to happen again.
@atv818 (1980)
• United Arab Emirates
24 Mar 10
Disagreements cannot be avoided. It happens every now and then to couples. All you have to do is respect each others opinion. As for changing your beloved, unfortunately, you cannot demand change. It has to come from that person directly. The best that you can do is show the person the error of his/her ways in the nicest possible way and settle for a compromise if you have to. Like "If you can give up this attitude, I can give up what you dislike about me ..." Good luck to you on this.
30 Mar 10
Sometimes you just have to agree to disagree and leave things like that. I suppose it depends on the disagreement in the first place, but you have to remember that everyone has a right to their own opinions and you are not going to agree on things all the time.
• Philippines
25 Mar 10
I know my hubby easily gets pissed when I don't agree with him on a certain something. He gets really riled up about something he thinks he knows a lot about, or when he feels strongly about something. I've learned that when there is a topic he feels strongly about, I rebut by saying it in a nice way. Although he is open minded, his emotions get ahead of him and in the end it doesn't matter to him whether you agreed with him or not, the point is you didn't agree in the beginning. So I get around this by softening him up and cuddling up to him while telling him how I feel about something. That way, he becomes open to the idea, and he easily sees my point of view. I swear it's a lot of work, and sometimes taxing on the nerves. But that's just the way he is, and I'm not about to change that. Besides, I don't see how I can anyway.
• Philippines
18 Mar 10
It's not all the time that you and your partner has to totally agree on one thing. It's a matter of respecting each others opinion and comments etc. As long as you meet halfway I believe everything will be smooth. It's okay if at times it's really hard for you to agree with your partner. Just make sure you raise your point why you don't agree and always present a resolution. I hope I helped you somehow.