answer:It depends somewhat on what the disagreement is about. How much it really will affect my life. Sometimes I get defensive, especially if it is someone in my family who I have a history of arguing with. My parents yell constantly. Oy. Actually my dad yells less as he as aged. Anyway, our pattern for fighting has a long history. Usually though, I try to listen to someone’s point of view. What I know for sure is two people can disagree and both people can be right. It isn’t always black and white, there is all sorts of grey. It takes a lot for me to cut someone off. Some people do the silent treatment thing or even stop talking to the person for days or weeks or years. They wait for a wedding or funeral until they see the person again and then they are talking again. I don’t get it. If I am going to forgive a person eventually, I figure I might as well do it now and not lose time being angry and causing unrest, especially within a family. It is unfair to the entire family. That whole anger, never clear the air, never really work things out, is passive aggressive and I could never be married to it that’s for sure. Everyone has a little of it maybe, but people who constantly behave le that are so annoying, and I find it horrible to feel like you have to be on eggshells with those people or they might get angry and sulk or stop talking to you. I really believe if you have good communication skills you are better equipped to deal with disagreement. Listening, repeating back what someone else said to make sure you understood. Agreeing to disagree, and staying more objective by trying to put yourself in the other person’s shoes helps me.