You know what sucks? Knowing you're in a stupid argument and not being able to stop yourself

[Godhumor]

All the time during the fight I'm thinking, "Why the hell are we even discussing this? It's dumb." Even still, it keeps escalating and escalating until the inherent humor in a stupid argument has worn off, and I find myself sleeping on the couch...

[Adsos Letter]

1. Been there, done that...

...its a learning process, I guess...

[SoxFan]

2. Ah, yes

The "blue t-shirt under a red shirt under a black sweater" war of December 2007...

Look, I'm a chubby, straight, 40 year old Irish guy. We suffer from cirrohsis of the clothing, ok?

[noamnety]

3. tell me about it.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=3107445&mesg_id=3109625

[GirlinContempt]

5. Just tell them to shut up

it actually seems to work.

[noamnety]

6. Ha, well, it was my own post I linked to.

We were laughing about it at the dinner table tonight, when I was saying that's how I knew it was time to close the laptop, when I realized I was debating about crock-pots like I was discussing serious human rights violations. :D

[GirlinContempt]

7. I noticed

:) But just in general, you know :D

[Quantess]

4. Here's a tactic:

Switch the focus to something equally inane. Such as, "I hate the way you open envelopes".