There are a lot of passionate topics that people can have major disagreements over, whether it’s politics, religion, how to raise children, health, or whether LeBron James is better than Michael Jordan. No two people hold the same opinions, so you’re bound to have some significant disagreements in most close relationships.

Often, people settle for agreeing to disagree on a topic to squelch the argument. But is that the healthiest way to get past the conflict? Doesn’t that just allow the problem to fester and grow? 

“On the one hand, it does seem to imply a commitment to ongoing dialogue. You use that phrase when you’re describing a relationship with people who are disagreeing, and the expectation is that they’re going to disagree maybe again, down the road, right?” Gordon Mitchell, an associate professor in the Department of Communication and........

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