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Lessons Learned about Life
註釋In every type of relationship, people express frustration at each other if the relationship lasts beyond the getting-to-know-each-other stage. A lesson I've learned being in a long-lasting relationship is that the best way to manage anger in the relationship is to listen without giving an emotional or verbal response in the heat of the moment. This prevents their expression of anger from turning into an argument and causing further mental and emotional anguish on both sides of the conflict. When you do express your response to their frustration, do it with a handwritten letter that you write as many times as needed until you get your final copy. In the letter, also express that you love them, accept them, want them in your life; that if they don't change, you'll cope with it and you'll forgive them. This communicates unconditional love and gives them emotional safety to express how they think and feel, even if it hurts to receive it.