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    Lillindy    September 2008   Bay Area, CA

    When you and your SO get into arguments do ever go to bed mad, or do you keep "discussing" until you both feel better?

     
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    cardigan    January 7, 2011   Austin, TX

    I refuse to go to bed mad. I wouldn't be able to sleep and I would be miserable all night! We always keep at it until we both feel better!

     
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    gingerkid4god    June 12, 2010   West Virginia

    we keep discussing but sometimes that makes it worse because we are both tired and cranky.

     
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    lilyfaith    June 23, 2012   Lakeview, Chicago

    It depends on the argument. If we are having a silly little tiff, I don't mind going to bed angry anymore. I've found that I tend to make a situation worse than it is my arguing it to death. That's just my personality, I guess.

    But if it's a serious issue, we don't go to bed mad. We might agree to table the convo til the morning, though. 

     
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    We used to fight A LOT earlier in our relationship.  Neither of us could sleep when we were angry, so we would stay up (sometimes all night) to resolve things.  Now, our fights last like 5 minutes.  We will say what needs to be said, and than both of us are like "Noted. Love you".

     
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    LittleOctopus    October 10, 2010   Raleigh, NC

    Good grief I hate arguing.  Mr. Octo used be a "walk away" kind of guy, which totally infuriates me.  Now we just calmly talk about it, and if it gets heated, we take a little break and go on a walk or something until we feel better.  Then we re-approach it and talk it out until we're okay.  Then we hug.  Always.  I'm with you all, I can't sleep unless we have stuff resolved.

     
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    krista24    July 16, 2010   New Jersey

    He doesn't like to go to bed mad, but I find that sometimes I just need some time to cool off before im ready to totally let something go. I kinda feel that if we force it, it just makes things worse. Plus sometimes I get mad over stupid stuff and by the next morning I usually realize that I was mad over nothing. Although usually when we go to bed a little angry (meaning me) he has a tendency in the middle of the night to tell me he loves me, and then im never mad anymore!

     
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    SueMavelle    September 24, 2011   NYC

    My hubby believes very strongly in never going to bed mad.  While I've always agreed in principle, sometimes I need my sleep more!

    Seriously, I sometimes need a little mroe time to let go of things, but we always talk to a point when I'm better about things so that it won't keep me up.  It's a great policy. :)

     
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    mountain.bride    December 12, 2009   Australia

    It depends, but I am totally fine with going to bed mad if it means we can revisit the topic later when we're not so tired. Also as someone else said, a good sleep can make things seem much better!! We do have a bad habit of not coming back to the conversation though, it's something we need to work at.

     
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    Meowkers    August 27, 2011   Los Angeles, CA

    Yes we do but I feel like it actually helps.  Sometimes we both just need to sleep on it and take some time to get away from the argument.  If I wake up still mad, then I know it's serious and worth pursuing further.  But honestly, most of the time I wake up not at all mad at him and like nothing every happened. 

     
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    penguin    June 7, 2008   Berkeley, Ca

    We don't argue a lot, mostly because Mr. Peng hates arguing and usually tries quickly to either compromise with me or give me my way. But if we do get in a heated argument (I can't remember the last time we did...) I usually like to just go to bed angry and sleep on it. I definitely get over it by just sleeping on it. We never argue about anything life shattering (it's usually petty) and it's just easier to just get over it overnight :)

     
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    MissHelen    November 20, 2010   California

    When we first met we decided that we'd never go to bed early. It's some advice that I'd gotten from my Dad and FI agreed. For a very short while we determined not to eat dinner angry but we quickly figured that that was asking too much :-)

     
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    parfait    April 2010   Chicago, IL

    I have a weirdo defense mechanism that he LOVES.

    I get the giggles.  Every time an argument starts getting heated, I start laughing uncontrollably.  It makes me SO MAD, because I can't help it and I always want to win the fight...but when I realize he's laughing, too, we both get over it and move on.  We don't fight about anything worthwhile anyway--anything serious gets a logical discussion.

    So we don't go to bed angry.  If anything, we go to bed laughing at how angry we were earlier!

     
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    Ms.Brew    August 2010  

    We hardly argue anymore but we both REFUSE to go to bed mad. You end up waking up in a terrible mood and the fight continues. I think its super important for a relationship to work on dealing with the problems before bed.

     
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    Soon2BeMrsC    March 20, 2010   Wine Country

    We sometimes go to bed, usually because the argument was dumb to begin with.  Neither of us sleeps well, but things are usually just better in the morning.

     
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    MsMarch2010    March 13, 2010   Huntington Beach, CA

    I cannot sleep when I am upset, so I keep SO awake until its settled.  He can just fall asleep no problem.

     
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    ejs4y8    June 20, 2009  

    I don't go to bed mad, but I do walk away before I completely lose it, then i calm down and come back and deal. I can't sleep if i'm fuming. But, we've only fought like that like, once or twice in the last 5 years,. it's NOT fun tho

     
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    cheerful    September 2009 - eloped  

    Sometimes going to bed is really helpful. I'm a heck of a lot more rational when I've had some sleep!

     
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    naangel55    June 20, 2009   Long Beach, CA

    I dont go to bed mad, we talk about it until the bitter end sometimes.  I do go to bed "upset" still sometimes but more so about fighting not what we fought about. 

     
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    stephmw    1/2/2010   California

    I'm a big believer in going to bed mad. I usually just need some time to cool down and I won't be angry anymore... whereas if we were to stay up and continue the argument, it would escalate. But FI can't stand going to bed mad. It's something I usually need to convince him to do. 

     
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    Sage    June 26, 2010   PA

    We're the silent-treatment type. It doesn't happen often (maybe once every 3 months or so), but when it does, we both expect to be going to bed "mad" at least 2 nights in a row. We're both really stubborn. Heh!

     

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