Manage it instead. I will give you some strategies to help you maintain your conflicts and deal with them. When managing conflict, start from a cooperative or collaborative perspective. Don't think of the other person as an adversary. Think of him as someone you can work with towards a mutually satisfying conflict resolution. Unless you want to burn ties, you want your relationship with the other person to suffer no permanent damage. (“Interpersonal Conflict Resolution Strategies,” n.d.) When you listen to each other, the other person will feel more respected and will feel more willing to talk about their feelings. Sit down and discuss what is bothering the other person, then try to understand the other person's point of view. If necessary, you can also ask for help from a mediator to help you discuss your problems. Talking to someone like a therapist might also help because it gives you the opportunity to listen to the advice of a third party who is a stranger. As I was researching strategies on how to maintain a strong marriage when dealing with communication conflicts, I found a list of ten things to help couples. The first recommends that the couple make a conscious effort to communicate. If you don't make an effort to communicate, things will start to get worse. Research has shown that it's not just the big, important moments, but also the small, seemingly mundane, everyday interactions that shape and