Steven Robbins here. Welcome to the Get It Done guys quick and dirty tips to work less and do more.

Today's topic is streamlining your relationship conflicts. One of the wonderful things about having

a snuggle bunny is the snuggling. And one of the best things about fighting with your snuggle bunny

is making up from the fight because then you get to snuggle.

Ever in the mood to snuggle but your bunny doesn't want to?

I'll bet you get into a fight over it.

And then you make up and you snuggle.

So everything's great.

Except, of course, for the fight.

Fighting takes a long time.

It's tiring and it's bad for relationships.

So some nice people got together and invented fair fighting. Have you heard of it? Just Google it. You'll find lots of

versions. There are rules like, take it private, keep it private, so you don't embarrass each

other in front of others. Hello? Wouldn't that defeat the point? Or how about? Avoid accusations. Or,

no hitting below the belt. Why go to all the trouble of fighting if you're going to fight fair?

Why not fight to win? I guess the theory is that as long as you're going to fight, you should

fight fair. But if you can just decide to fight fair willy-nilly, then why can't you just decide

not to fight at all?

Because it's human nature to fight. That's why. At least, that's what I say to justify my occasional lack of self-control and infantile behavior. Even if you fight fair 99% of the time,

that extra 1% you might say something that's better left unsaid. Nothing destroys a relationship like loved ones

going straight for each other's insecurities. So, they didn't tell you until after you were married

to them that they weren't the gender you thought. Obviously, it's a sensitive issue for them.

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