Arguments (School of Life)

"An average couple will have between thirty and fifty significant arguments a year." This little, weighty book shows us why we argue so much, the benefits of arguing (it shows that we have more equality in relationships than ever in recorded history), and walks us through 20 of the most common relationship arguments, with such labels as: interminable, domestic, pathologizing, eve-of-journey, identity, attention-seeking, parental resemblance, excessive logic, lost item, guilt... you get the idea. Rhetorical analysis in a literary fashion lends itself surprisingly well to self-help. This book gives some keys to resolving each type of argument, or at least seeing it through with minimal collateral damage, but the real power is in recognition of your patterns and preoccupations, so we can at least have a chance of identifying the mismatch between our loving intentions and the fights that brew within all partnerships.