Agree to Disagree

It’s okay to disagree with someone’s opinion just don’t think their opinion doesn’t matter.

My husband and I have a saying. When we get into an argument and can’t agree on something. We simply say “Let’s agree to disagree.” What that means is, we respect we have different opinions about a topic and neither of us is wrong or right.

Everyone is different and we all have different opinions. It makes sense that we wont agree all the time. The problem I see is when people disagree they think the other persons opinion doesn’t matter. That what they think is right and the other person is wrong.

This leads to a lot of conflict that could easily be avoided if we learn to respect other peoples opinions and beliefs.

Learning to agree to disagree is one of the hardest things to do. We all think our opinion should be right and we want others to agree with us. If you are in a long term relationship it is very important to learn to respect and acknowledge that your partners opinion matters too.

For a long time I felt as if my husband was personally attacking me if he didn’t agree with what I said. I had to learn it wasn’t an attack against me just a different opinion. It took a while and we had a lot of heated argument, but we are finally able to agree we have different opinions and beliefs about certain things.