# My wife and I just had our first post-honeymoon argument. Opinions, please.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-and-i-just-had-our-first-post-honeymoon-argument-opinions-please/425435>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 6, 2007, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-and-i-just-had-our-first-post-honeymoon-argument-opinions-please/425435 "2007-11-06T18:26:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2007, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-and-i-just-had-our-first-post-honeymoon-argument-opinions-please/425435/81 "2007-11-10T00:06:38Z")

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[QUOTE=Anaamika]

I am not going to quote anyone’s names. I don’t want to pick on anyone.  
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You don’t have to…we all know who you are commenting about:

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> My normal advice to newlywed guys is to apologize to your wife and tell her you were wrong and she was right (whether any of that is actually TRUE is immaterial) and get used to repeating that routine until death or divorce, which ever comes first.

This poster is usually over the top when it comes to reaction. Give him a :rolleyes:.

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> I haven’t read more than a line or two of the OP. I have been with my wife for nearly a decade, and I don’t need to read the whole thing.
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> You were wrong.
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> At least, if you’re asking for advice on how to navigate this with the greatest likelihood of paving the way toward peace in the near future, that’s how you should play it, regardless of what you may or may not actually think.

It really is unclear if the poster meant this reaction just for this unique situation or as standard response to ALL situations. This poster should clarify.

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> As to the OP, I have found “I was wrong, and I am sorry” to be infallible.

Same as poster #2. Also to add: Maybe poster #2 and #3 realize that apologizing first is the best remedy in order to reopen communication between spouses and become a new starting point to solve the issue(s) at hand. At least I can see that way as well. But let them clarify whether or not they meant that…don’t just broadbrush them as disingenuous placaters yet.

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