By this stage you know each other very well and have developed patterns of interaction (good & bad).
It all depends on the personalities of the couple. Hot tempered? Easy going? Controlling? etc etc
Eg. 1. She reminds him to put the rubbish out. He hates being "nagged" so he tunes her out. He is unresponsive so she tells him again. The conflict and resentment below the surface most of the time.
Eg. 2. He avoids conflict where possible so he doesn't complain until things are really bad and have gone on some time. She understands him - she knows she get away with a lot, most of the time, but when he says something she knows it's an issue and will do the right thing... for a while.
Eg. 3. She is never ready on time when they are going out. He knows this of her so by now he simply tells her they have to leave at 6 instead of the real time of 6.30
It all depends on the personalities of the couple. Hot tempered? Easy going? Controlling? etc etc
Eg. 1. She reminds him to put the rubbish out. He hates being "nagged" so he tunes her out. He is unresponsive so she tells him again. The conflict and resentment below the surface most of the time.
Eg. 2. He avoids conflict where possible so he doesn't complain until things are really bad and have gone on some time. She understands him - she knows she get away with a lot, most of the time, but when he says something she knows it's an issue and will do the right thing... for a while.
Eg. 3. She is never ready on time when they are going out. He knows this of her so by now he simply tells her they have to leave at 6 instead of the real time of 6.30