17. You and your partner call each other offensive names

17. You and your partner call each other offensive names

People who engage in name calling are not necessarily bad people. Name calling can be also a tool used to deal with one's anger without lashing out. It can be said that behind every angry insult lies an unmet need. Therefore, the right way for partners to stop the name calling is to look inside themselves and find the unmet needs that are causing the frustration. Once these needs are identified they can be communicated amongst the partners and fulfilled.

Communication in the relationship is a must-have tool in order to end the verbal abuse that sometimes can occur. The way the partners communicate their feelings and needs can make or break the relationship. In order for the relationship to succeed both partners need to take responsibility for their own feelings, needs, wants, and to communicate them in a clear way to their significant other. Sometimes it can be easier to just blame your partner for your unexpressed bad feelings, but in the end, this will potentially ruin your otherwise functioning relationship.

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Did You Know...

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Chefs made their way into celebrity land a while ago. But how many celebrities that weren’t trained as professional cooks are actually whizzes in the kitchen? Here are several that come to mind.

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Actress Julia Roberts is confident about her cooking skills. “I’m quite a good cook,” she told E! News. “I’m like a closet home ec teacher…I can really cook anything.” Roberts has said she often cooks fish for herself and her kids. And speaking of her three children, “They think that I’m a good cook,” Roberts told People. “They actually told me that I should open a restaurant.” She also relishes cooking for the holidays, particularly shredded Brussel sprouts. Roberts hasn’t published a cookbook, but we did find recipes attributed to her for peach crisp and banana hemp muffins. Or you can make the same summer salad the actress supposedly eats.

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Chrissy Teigen started off as a supermodel. Then her love of cooking filtered into her professional life too. At this point, she’s created recipes for a limited Blue Apron release and also just launched her own home and cooking line at Target named “Cravings,” after the two cookbooks she’s released. Teigen describes cooking as “a time of peace” for herself. So maybe peace out to her tuna melt sandwich or the fried chicken wings that are a favorite of her husband, John Legend.

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Lady Gaga, whose real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, comes from a cooking Italian family. Her father started his own restaurant in New York and also published a cookbook. And apparently, Lady Gaga has inherited the family’s cooking genes. Her Instagram account occasionally features photos of her culinary activities. Sure, sometimes it’s topless cooking. But other times it’s more poignant like in the post she shared about her bringing food to the family of her dear friend who passed away. Want to try a Gaga/Germanotta family favorite? Check out her recipe for whole wheat pasta with a sweet fennel sauce.

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