How do you handle other conflicts you have in life? with parents? siblings? co-workers etc?
Is it the same feeling as with H or is it different or do you avoid it all together. Because if it is different then you know you have the capacity to act different. If it is the same you know that these are areas you can practice with. The thing about family is that you know they will never leave you regardless of the conflict.
My family grew up with conflict. So for me I don't really think about it, but it can be a learned response.
Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. --Jean Jacques Rousseau.