What to Expect

Most of us were taught to avoid conflict. Keep the peace. Don't make it weird.
And if a disagreement gets heated, that's a sign something's gone wrong.

But what if that's backwards?
Often the people we argue with the longest are the ones we respect the most - or trust enough to tell the truth to.
And when we refuse to engage, we aren't always protecting the relationship; sometimes we're protecting our own
egos from the vulnerability of being called out, or truly known.

As the saying goes, the opposite of love isn't hate - it's indifference.

Tonight at Questions That Matter, we're exploring the idea that healthy conflict might be part of a litmus test for intimacy.
That real fighting - the kind that doesn't end with someone walking out the door - requires patience, honesty, and a willingness to drop the armor
and look more deeply, not just at the other person, but at oneself.
To look past the initial sting of confrontation and fight for connection rather than against the person.

We'll be asking what separates a disagreement that makes a relationship stronger from one that quietly ends it.