How do you guys feel about affection while the two of you are not getting along?

Personally, I like it. No matter how mad my wife were to make me, I am always willing to put that aside and give a sincere kiss before walking out the door to work. I don't mind taking "time outs" from arguments at all. Like even if we're not getting along, I would like to cuddle up to my wife. If we were arguing for a while and she were to say "let's go outside and play frisbee for a few minutes" I'd be able to enjoy myself and forget about our conflict for a few minutes.

But I know others that this sort of thing really annoys them. If they are mad, they want to be 100% mad. No room for a kiss or holding hands or anything. I can see that view point too. It can kind of become confusing and disfunction... Mr Jekyll & Hyde to be angry one second and totally smiling the next. But I guess I think that maybe those moments of "time out" will help melt away some of the anger? Or remind each-other that you're on the same team and be less likely to make mountains out of hills? I'm not sure exactly but it seems good to me.

How do you guys feel about affection, kind words, kind deeds done in the middle of a disagreement?
How do you feel about affection during conflict?
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