This is my notes from a book I started reading yesterday. This makes alot of since in all cases.
* Both parties engage in certain behaviors. No one causes it. No one is to blame. You both do what you do.
* You have a choice about how you react to a given situation.
* The problems that come up is not your partner; the problem is the dance that you and your partner do together. You have a part in that dance.
* Be patient with yourself.
"A man of knowledge uses words with restraint, and a man of understanding is even-tempered. Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent, and discerning if he holds his tongue." Proverbs 17:27-28