7 Things You Should Stop Fighting About Now

The best way to squash this argument before it even starts is to enforce the rule that everyone washes their own clothes. This way you can’t criticize your partner. “So many of my patients come into my office complaining that one person does it all the time,” says Claudia Six, Ph.D., relationship coach and author of Erotic Integrity: How to Be True to Yourself Sexually. “But the solution is really simple—everyone has their own laundry basket and is responsible for washing their own clothes.” If you’re feeling generous and want to do your spouse’s wash, great, but picking a fight about the nitty-gritty details involved in it is not worth either of your time.