Break the cycle: how to stop having the same argument again and again and again

Few things are more frustrating than re-running the same fight with your partner or family. Here's how to resolve it once and for all

If you have been in a relationship for a year or more, you will know exactly what "that argument" is. It is the one that keeps going round and round, always ending where it started.

"You never pick up your dirty clothes, even though you know it drives me crazy." "You're always late, even when I remind you how much it matters to me." And so on.