Keys to a Fight Free Marriage

“we need to have a keep it real Monday conversation

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In a recent interview with James Cordon on the Late Late Show, Alicia Keys offered some valuable insights for a “fight-free” marriage. During the interview, Cordon congratulated Keys on the celebration of her 10 year wedding anniversary.
 
Apparently, Keys and her husband, Kasseem Dean (a.k.a. Swizz Beatz) have never had an argument. Not one fight in a decade of marriage. And if you’re setting there right now thinking to yourself “that cannot be true,” you are not alone. Cordon, who has been married for 8 years, had trouble believing it too. He pressed her on the issue “Never? Never a cross word?” Then she shared this:
No. . .no. We don’t raise our voices at each other. We definitely disagree. It’s not that we have’t disagreed, or like he hasn’t been uncomfortable with something I did or I’m uncomfortable with something he did. We’ve definitely had moments. . . But we definitely communicate in a way that we don’t let it build up. 
 
She explains one approach they have taken to address disagreements:
If it was Monday, we’d have a “keep it real Monday” conversation. At breakfast we’d be like later we need to have a keep it real Monday conversation.” [to which he would respond] “Keep it real Monday conversation, Ok.” And later we’d set down and I’d say, ‘I’ve got to keep it real. This bothered be. . .’ And he’d be like “ Really, I didn’t mean it like that.” “I know but it came off crazy.” “Oh my fault, I’m sorry.” So we get a chance to converse before it turns into the big blowout. You know if you don’t catch before, it gets crazy. So we catch it and we don’t have to yell. Try it.”

Key Texts

Proverbs 15:23
To make an apt answer is a joy to a man, and a word in season, how good it is!
 
Proverbs 27:5
Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
 
Ephesians 4:26
Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,
 
James 1:19-21
Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God. 

Key Topics

conflict resolution, marriage, relationships

Source

Keys Alicia. “Season 6, Episode 9.” The Late Late Show. Interview by James Cordon.  Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1uiLRGN7JI