Relationships
How to disagree without turning the relationship into a fight
Disagreement isn't the problem. What decides how a relationship feels is what happens in the twenty minutes around it.
Relationships
Relationships at Timisma means the ordinary mechanics of sharing a life with someone: how you disagree, how you recover afterwards, and how the work of keeping a household running gets divided.
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What Timisma covers in relationships
Behaviour, not diagnosis
We write about what people do and say to each other. We do not label anyone with a psychological condition, and we do not invent therapists to quote.
No single template
Readers are single, partnered, married, separated, parents and not parents, in relationships of every configuration. Articles are written so they still make sense across that range.
Safety is separate
Coercion, control and abuse are not communication problems and we do not treat them as disagreements to be negotiated. Where relevant we say so plainly.
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Life
Boundaries and time pressure show up at home as much as at work.