Gain some insight into your attachment style/patterns, more often then not it can predict the outcome of any relationship, particularly romantic. All fights/issues in relationships are, at their core, protests of a fear of a loss of attachment. The strategies in which we employ to have our needs met (usually unconsciously done) are learned from childhood from our interactions with attachment figures. These strategies may have been functional in helping us get what we wanted as children, but into adulthood they can be maladaptive in helping us have fulfilling relationships.
You might want to read "Hold Me Tight" by Sue Johnson (pioneer of Emotion Focused Therapy), it'll shed some insight into why you do what you do in relationships (building awareness) at which point you can decide to do something about it.
For example, if you're pre-occupied anxious (attachment style) and your partner is ambivalent-avoidant (attachment style), you will clearly see how your trying to be vulnerable pushes (pursuer) the other person away (withdrawal).
I actually suggest everybody read this book. In addition, you guys may want to checkout this article on attachment and how various styles affect different relationships in our lives
http://internal.psychology.illinois.edu ... chment.htm
At the end he's included a link to a test where you can determine your own attachment style, very very interesting stuff.