Nit Picking Sh!t

This week, we talked about nit-picking and what it can do to your relationship. We are all guilty of not letting things go from time to time but when do you cross the line from a casual remark to a pattern of negativity? Everyone has something or a group of somethings that are “a button” for them: shoes left in the hallway, socks on the floor, bad breath. We all have something that we can’t stand and sometimes we let our partners know in a less than supportive way.

What I find most interesting is not when a partner pushes one of our buttons—it is when a partner discovers (or installs) a new button in us! For example, when you are dating someone and have never had an issue with the way a boyfriend eats but suddenly you cannot help but point out the volume with which your man chews? Or how about when you meet a new girl and adore her but all of a sudden you discover she replaces the toilet paper on backward? Oh, how do we live with all these atrocities?