I may not agree with my partner, but if someone was getting ready to kill them or hurt them, I would defend them with everything I had, so it depends on what you mean when you say "defend."

JB

I have to disagree with you there .I know I never want to be lied to .Of course you are not saying all women , but I think most women are strong enough to handle the truth.

defend the point that everyone makes mistakes.

defend them how, verbally/physically???

I'm not talking talking about anything major .Manily just a disagreement between them and a friend or family member . Or something they did (minor) everyday stuff that someone took offense to.

Just verbally ..nothing major.

I would hope that I was in a relationship with someone that was mature enough to handle something like that without me having to defend him.

And even if I tried to come to their aide, all I would look like is the girlfriend who always takes his side so what would be the point anyway?

well since its nothing major, I'm sure they have everything under control - no need for me to interject

again depends on who the disagreement were with............my ex used to take his mothers side in regards to dealings with our children everytime she was over when her and i would disagree..........behind her back he would tell me she was wrong and what not but never to her face i was always wrong........so I would have to say yes i would take my partners side i know how it feels........yes at timesi probably was wrong but we were never a unified front nad my son learned to play this when nana was around

Yeah but sometimes some arguments get really heated ! what would you do if you were asked by your partner if you agreed with them or not?Do you believe you have to stand by them no matter what?
Sorry Fran I forgot to quote.

hell no, makes no sense both of us looking da fools (j/k) or am I????

Except for certain circumstances I would side with my significant other. If she was wrong, I would def. tell her later on in private...though there were a few times where I didn't, and she got all mad about it and yelled at me later that night for making her feel stupid....that was a fun night.

Now that is kind of twisting to the extreme Betts
say there is an accident and it is her fault I would defend her in her argument and later tell her off.
It is unlikely that any one in a heated argument is going to ask an opinion from someone who is obviously siding with her are they?

It's not a lie my friend. Its preventative maintainence. We all "lie" to one another if not about important things, perhaps to the question "Do I look fat in this?" If my girl is wrong, she can take care of herself unless it becomes overly hostile. I'm a southerner so we think a bit differently than some.

I have had many opposing views when the discussion is rational and state them freely. But I will not try to prove that I'm right because...well, sometimes I'm not. Sometimes you're not as well. And, most of the time, it's just not worth it.

I would do it to my husband all time..Iwould say am I right a
Al am I right? His answer was always the same.Whats in it for me if I agree?

Preventive maintainace...well you got me there .That is a good one actually

id defend my partner if she has any problems n talk about it!

That's where private emergency confererences come in handy. Leave it to a REAL friend to help someone with a cranialrectomy extraction.

Yes but I would make it a point to state "I know my friend here is wrong, but they are my friend and you are not".