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"Let's agree to disagree" brings relief, but said too often it becomes a cemetery for unresolved issues.

At work, a boss can settle what stays unsettled. In a relationship, there is no boss.

Fidelity and trust are the terms a relationship runs on. We cannot agree to disagree about them.

Ask yourself: if this stays unresolved for a year, what will decide it?

She remembers very well when he said it for the first time in their relationship: "Let's agree to disagree." She felt immediately relieved. The argument was going nowhere anyway. It was about what they should get for a friend's wedding. Nothing that would shake their relationship. Two years, many arguments and many "let's agree to disagree" later, nothing is left to discuss, not even important questions such as when cheating starts or whether they should get pregnant. The phrase "let's agree to disagree" has turned into a cemetery where many unresolved issues lie........

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