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It’s completely normal and healthy for couples to argue. But when you do get into a fight, here are some tips on how behave the right way after it’s done. BY  STACEY FEINTUCH Don't: Act like nothing happened ISTOCK/ALEXANDRA IAKOVLEVA Ignoring that you even had an argument or pretending it never happened isn’t a wise idea. “Sweeping it under the rug assumes your partner is satisfied with the outcome. But making a clear effort to reconnect is the key to a successful outcome. Sharing what you have learned after a fight can help repair the damage,” says  Lesli M. W. Doares,  a marriage consultant and coach with a private practice in Cary, North Carolina, and author of  Blueprint for a Lasting Marriage: How to Create Your Happily Ever After With More Intention, Less Work .  “And, make no mistake, there is always damage.” If you don’t let your partner know that what you fought about bothers you, your resentment could bubble up in the future and y...

Mature couples don't “fall in love,” they step into it. Love isn't something you fall for; it's something you rise for. Falling denotes lowering oneself, dropping down and being stuck somewhere lower than where you started. You have to get up from falling. Love isn't like that — at least not with people who are doing it right. Immature couples fall; mature couples coast. Because love is either a passing game, or it's forever. Love is either wrong, or it's right. A couple is either mature or immature. How do you know? How can you tell if your relationship is in it for the long haul or the two-month plummet everyone predicted behind your love-obsessed back? First, it should be easy, from the beginning to end. There are no passionate fights with passionate make-up sex. There's no obsessive calling, texting or worrying. There's no real drama. Because drama is for kids. Drama is for people who don't know how to have a relationship — who live by...

Proverbs is a collection of wise sayings that'll guide you through just about anything life might throw your way. The book is packed with good advice. So, from Proverbs, here's our Top 10 List of wise words for life: Guidance  (Proverbs 3:5-6) Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. This might be the most quoted passage in all of Proverbs; maybe you've memorized it. But wherever you're headed in life, these words will always remind you who directs your steps. Discernment  (Proverbs 14:12) There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death. Yeah, that verse ends on kind of a downer. But you get the point: Sometimes something seems right, but it might be the wrong choice after all. That's why we've always got to ask God to help us make wise decisions. Confidence  (Proverbs 3:25-26) Have no fear of sudden disaster or of th...