It sounds easy: When you hurt your partner, give an apology and they will forgive. It's actually so much more complicated than that.

All couples face conflict. What they must learn is how to manage conflict and resolve arguments to avoid resentment and long-term damage to their partnership. One way to do this is using conflict as a path to deeper communication.

Do you and your partner argue about the same things, over and over? Do those arguments ever get resolved? Watch our video about chronic arguments to find out what's under chronic conflict and how to resolve it.