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The Conflict Stage: An Inevitable Phase of Every Relationship. Will It Make or Break You Two?
The conflict stage is likely to be a jarring departure from the starry-eyed, lust laden period of the “honeymoon phase.” It can also be a startling one that causes people to feel insecure in their relationships. They might wonder, why have things gotten harder all of a sudden? Why, now, do I actually find them kind of annoying at times? I thought I was in love with them! So maybe now, I’m not anymore. Maybe this means the relationship isn’t a good one after all.
Not so fast.
The conflict stage, contrary to what many people might assume, is an inevitable part of every single relationship. Yes, all relationships will go through it.
Here is the key: either the conflict stage makes you stronger and is one through which you navigate together, or, it chips away at your relationship, exposes all the ways in which it may not work so well after all, and then leads to the end of the relationship.
Let’s pause for a minute, rewind, and start with the fun stuff though.
