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Update: Kristin Tried This Argument Technique, Was It Helpful?!

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🗓️ 13 September 2022

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Kristin mentioned "TONE" to her husband Bart and was no prepared for his response! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

The Bert Show.

0:01.0

All right, so Cass, I want you to reset for everybody.

0:03.8

You brought something to the Bert Show that we've been using here in studio and on air.

0:09.1

I mean, laughably, we do it comically for comedic effect, but it all has to do with how to

0:15.5

have better arguments with your spouse or significant other and it has everything to

0:20.7

do with tone.

0:22.0

Yeah, so basically when you fight 55% of what you communicate through body language and

0:28.3

38% is through your tone of voice.

0:31.0

And there was a study that showed the tone of voice as a better predictor of whether

0:34.2

or not your marriage is going to succeed or fail, then professionally, then professionally

0:38.5

trained couples therapists.

0:40.8

So 74% of the time the tone can indicate.

0:43.6

So when you're arguing, you want to watch your tone or when you're even having a conversation.

0:49.3

So what you can do is if you're saying something to your partner and they're taking a fence

0:53.4

at it because you sound condescending or you're mad because it's a fight.

0:57.1

They can say tone and immediately it checks you and you have to stop.

1:01.9

Like calm yourself down and reset what you said in a non condescending, non angry way.

1:06.6

So then you can continue the conversation like adults.

1:09.9

So it's either really going to work for your relationship where you're fighting.

1:12.8

You can say tone and you'll respect that or it's really not going to work and you'd be

1:16.7

like, I don't care about tone.

1:18.0

I'm pissed.

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