sometimes.
sometimes i just want the fight to be over...but other times it backfires and he totally brushes it off. grr.

I say both, some fights I wanna rip his head off and some I laugh when he says something stupid.

I always try to tell a joke to lighten the situation. I dont like fighting with my boyfriend so I'd rather talk candidly about the situation instead of letting it escalate into something really bad.

If we're fighting about something really small and stupid, or if one of us if pouting, it works. If it's something serious, laughing doesn't enter the picture. (I'm referring to my many fights with my ex here, not my current fellow, because we haven't had a fight yet... I'm curious about what it will be like!)

I don't because usually when I'm mad...I'm mad. And it usually really bothers me if my bf tries to crack a joke, b/c then I feel like he isn't taking me seriously when I'm upset about something.

My bf though, cracks jokes all the time, and sometimes it still annoys me, but sometimes he knows just when to do it and he makes everything better. We're good for each other, he brings me back down to earth sometimes.

It depends on what we are arguing for.
I lov to laugh but when I am upset, i am quiet and cannot even think about laughing.

I guess it depends how big of a deal it is.

My husband and I both diffuse fights with laughter. It never takes us long to make up!

My family teases me because when I laugh when I'm angry/telling someone off the sh*t's about to hit the ceiling. It's unintentional so I'm sure it's a coping mechanism to calm myself.

If I'm being comical about something that has stressed me, it means I've written it/them off forever.

Unfortunately, my temper is the kind where I don't find ANYTHING funny when I'm well and truly mad. If I'm mad, Homey the Clown could do cartwheels naked around my apartment and I wouldn't so much as crack a smile.

homey the clown?
lol.
nicely done JudeC

lol.
As for me...my boyfriend is fricken histarical. He HATES fighting (just like i do.) so our fights are just tense conversations that end with a laugh.

goshhh he's great.

I do sometimes. There are some situations where laughing randomly is completly inappropriate, but if its just silly and we are bickering about something unimportant, then I will.

My husband and I rarely argue anyway, but when we do we almost always end up laughing in the end. It works really well for us.

yes!!!!!!!!!Right now actually..I wish he'd just laugh and stop being such a pri...grrrrrrrrrrrr...

...sorry.

Something small and stupid, where it is just bickering, ok.

A major issue that needs resolving, not ok...I want to take it seriously, or else it is just avoidance. Sometimes making jokes about differences that are important are a way to avoid the "big talk".

I do, but I don't always mean too- Sometimes, they're just funny.

My boyfriend does that, and it drives me INSANE.
Why in God's name would you be making a JOKE right now???
- Well, I imagined like if we were on House MD or on Scrubs, that's totally something Dr. Cox would have said. f*cking hilarious!
- Okay, do you know this is our RELATIONSHIP, and not a sketch comedy show???
- With me writing the script, it totally should be!

This is the part where I get physically violent.

depends on how serious it is, but yes, laughing does help and i often do it!

yea...i'm good at saying something silly just to diffuse the situation a bit. even if we are in a group and friends start bickering in front of everyone. even after a serious discussion....hubby and i NEVER fight...we just refuse to...what does it solve..the yelling..the putdowns..it solves nothing...after we discuss what we need to....one of us usually says something dumb/silly and we end up laughing. sometimes laughter is the best medicine!

I don't like laughing when we're arguing because I feel like the issue isn't as important to him as it is to me, but damn, he's hilarious! he was the class clown in high school, so, I knew what I was getting myself into! lol

Only works sometimes, tho, just have to choose the best time to throw in a joke. I usually slip in a joke when I realize I really don't want to fight or being in a confrontation, life should be filled with happiness =), no reason to fight.

Boy, when I'm mad, I'm really mad! (I'm working on that.)

my man and i sometimes get into big blowout fights because that's just our personalities, and when it gets to be too much, i think that we resort to laughter and we're both such silly funny people that it serves it's purpose. we end up laughing so hard because we do dumb stuff that it's all worthwhile in the end.

If I'm upset about something he'll do or say somethingtry to make me LOL(grrrrrrrrr). Because I can't help but LOL when he acts a fool. After the laughing is over and he thinks we're back on track I'll make my feeling known so that it doesn't happen again .. . . and then I just get over it.

Most of the time when we are in a disagreement we talk it out. But sometimes I get pissed, what can I say? He cheers me up by saying or doing something dumb or tackling me, kissing me, etc. At first it pisses me off more but then I just can't resist. When I start smiling or laughing then we both know it's over. We can talk it out calmly and with a sense of humor after that. :]

Better to laught or fight