conflict

Thomas G. Fiffer, Executive Editor for The Good Men Project, has written extensively about dysfunctional relationships and gathered his wisdom in a new book, Why It Can’t Work: Detaching From Dysfunctional Relationships to Make Room for True Love. The author survived two marriages defined–and ultimately destroyed–by dysfunctional dynamics and has learned how to break the patterns that prevented him from being happy and forming healthy emotional and romantic attachments.

Set in 1992 in the Abkhazia region of the former Soviet republic of Georgia, the film follows a trio of principals caught up in a bitter civil war. Abkhazian separatists, backed by Russians and mercenaries from Chechnya, sought to take control of the area and thwart the efforts of Georgian peace keepers charged with quelling the rebel uprising. Initial skirmishes escalated into full-scale battles, and many were killed.

So how do you “win” an argument with your husband if he won’t even talk to you?

Like a duck in water, let conflicts roll off you so you do not lose your cool. Life is too short to take anything too seriously, especially yourself!