Every couple I've ever worked with has their dark underbelly of behaviors they feel foolish or embarrassed about. Because all intimate relationships have a crisscross symbolic parent/child component, it is impossible for a couple to avoid triggering each other's childhood trauma at times.
If the couple understands they are regressing, they would be able to overcome them easily after the emotional explosions subsided. But the childish words are being spoken from an adult to an adult in those moments, and can leave permanent scars.
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