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"Do I want to be right, or do I want to have a relationship?"
by redbar0n 6y ago
"Do I want to be right, or do I want to have a relationship?"
- kofejnik 6y agoif you're often afraid to speak your mind, you don't have a great relationship
- travmatt 6y agoThere’s a world of difference between speaking your mind and needing to be right.
- bch 6y agoI think the point is (and maybe these are just other words for your same-point), it cuts both ways - it takes two to disagree. But of course ideally both parties have only a loose grip on their egos...
- mpweiher 6y agoWhich happens to flip side of a pure power play: "Unless you let me be right, you're not going to have a relationship" At which point I would say it's not a much of a relationship. I prefer: "Let's figure out together what the right answer is"