I have come to the conclusion that all relationships need to set a time every few weeks or so to take a reading on things. That way things won't tend to build up and get way out of proportion and everyone hopefully can be calm. Eh, just an idea.
kat
Kat, I can remember suggesting that to my wife and she said it had to be spontaneous, not planned or it was too much like therapy. I too thought it made sense to designate a time to sit down and talk about whatever we'd like to talk about. I was overruled.