People all make mistakes, including us; it is part of life. It is how people deal with those mistakes that is part of who they are and how other people see them. Healthy behavior helps lead to healthy relationships, and a positive attitude can help. As far as attitudes, negative attitudes (either defensive or offensive) can be toxic to relationships. Looking into alternate coping mechanisms can save relationships and sanity.
Copping an attitude is often a mistake that happens in relationships. One of the major responses that people can have in regards to attitude is becoming very defensive when imperfections or errors are pointed out. This can often happen even when the other person is not nagging or intending to make them feel sorry about whatever happened. Neither you nor your partner are perfect and owning your mistakes and quirks can increase happiness as an individual and as a couple. It’s okay to laugh about your imperfections, it’s okay to try and improve your faults, but denying that they exist can create all sorts of problems. It can be hard sometimes not to cop an attitude if a partner is being overcritical, so both partners may have things to work on if both are happening.
Oh. And when you make those mistakes, part of owning them is realizing that it is okay, and beneficial, to apologize. People do things wrong all of the time; it’s part of life. Apologize for the things that matter and show care and concern for the more minor things. Apologizing for absolutely everything can be signs of other personality traits or relationship occurrences. Some people apologize for everything, and others never apologize at all. Finding a comfortable balance between these things is the ideal route. When apologizing, there is no need to wait for three days. If you know what you did and that it was wrong or hurtful, go ahead and apologize. If you don’t, communicate with your partner about it while not assigning blame or using words that can be taken as an attack on them or their personality.
The way people solve problems is critical to a successful phone dating experience. In fact, many professionals say it improves people’s chances for success in life too.