Healthy Dating & Relationship Tips - Peterjasie

on the counter. During my college days, that attractedcockroaches.”B. Encourage each other to come to an agreement in a calm,friendly manner. Negotiate. Give and take. Maybe thedishes from late night snacks don’t have to be washed withsoap and hot water, but can simply be rinsed off insteadand stacked in the sink’s dishpan or strainer, for instance.C. If negativity starts, stop it ASAP. In the above example,maybe the mate wants all sinks clear and free foremptying coffee cups and other snack and breakfastdishes. So this person starts swearing, calling the otherperson a lazy idiot or something…STOP.D. Calm things back down. Use hand signals like coaches doin sports, if necessary. Men can often relate to this. Do a“time out” mode. And take a breather or break for a fewminutes.E. Then go back to where things were fine, just before step“C.” Inject some humor and try to resolve the conflictagain. Maybe joke about how you pay much more for yourresidence now and don’t have cockroach problems. Andthat OK, one sink can be left clear, the other will hold astrainer of rinsed-off items. Any dirty ones can be placed /