Wow. Definitely one of the more insightful responses I've seen to this prompt. You're right; a huge part of maintaining any healthy relationship is working together to address issues. If I'm dealing with someone who doesn't handle himself/herself maturely when dealing with conflicts, or with someone who just tries to avoid bringing them up altogether (opting instead to, say, just leave without saying a word in advance about doing so or the actual reasons why :/ ), it doesn't make for very much harmony between us.

I admit, I'm much more of the latter kind of person than I should be. I hate getting engaged in conflict, especially if there's a chance that the person I have the problem with is the former kind of anti-problem-solver, and more so if he or she is explosively so. Past experiences with people like that have left me very gun-shy. >_O But I know I can't stay that way, especially if I want to make things work with the people I CAN actually work with in troubleshooting problems.

It's easier said than done... but I'm hoping I can manage to fix that about myself. ... And that's the kind of "changing" that people in relationships should be working towards, right? Fixing themselves instead of trying to fix the other? :/