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5 Simple Tips to Living with a Lawyer
Lawyers may not be the easiest people to live with. Although they're usually dedicated to righting wrongs and fighting for justice (whatever they think that is depending on each case), lawyers can tend to be argumentative and may not easily back down from their positions once they decide which side they're on. Being a prosecutor turned defense attorney - I know. They typically work long hours, and often work from home during personal time. This sometimes makes life a little more difficult for those wonderful individuals who choose to love us.
I completely recognize that it's not easy to live with me. Luckily, I have found a wonderful person who is willing to tolerate my emphatic moods and stubborn disposition. Both he and I have purposely worked toward positive conflict management so that our personal disagreements do not turn into the equivalent of a courtroom battle. Here are tips, some more serious than others, from him on how to deal with living with a lawyer:
1. Carry a gavel to bang so you can signify the conversation is over after you (the non-lawyer) prove your point. The lawyer will recognize that a sign of conclusion and will stop arguing. [This has sporadic success.]
2. Remind your attorney-partner that there is no jury in the room and to take the lawyer hat off. [This works better.]
3. Learn to deal with your partner working long hours. Attorneys are very busy and have a lot of deadlines to meet.
4. Be sympathetic. Very often they are dealing with many things that they cannot talk about.
5. Be proud. They are trying very hard to help total strangers.
All couples have disagreements. Communication, understanding, and respect are the keys, for both the attorney and non-lawyer, to resolving conflict as positively as possible. For our next installment, we'll discuss tips for the lawyer on how to make life easier for everyone else.
Author: Megan Mersch
