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Introduction

A brief history of arguments

Types of arguments

One: The Interminable Argument

Two: The Domestic Argument

Three: The Defensive Argument

Four: The Spoiling Argument

Five: The Pathologizing Argument

Six: The Escalation Argument

Seven: The Eve-of-Journey Argument

Eight: The Absentee Argument

Nine: The Identity Argument

Ten: The Argument of Normality

Eleven: The Parental Resemblance Argument

Twelve: The Argument from Excessive Logic

Thirteen: The Attention-Seeking Argument

Fourteen: The Paraphrase Argument

Fifteen: The Argument in Paradise

Sixteen: The Sulk Argument

Seventeen: The Crush Argument

Eighteen: The Lost Item Argument

Nineteen: The Argument from Guilt

Twenty: The No-sex argument

Conclusion: Towards less bitter arguments