Well, I have been with my boyfriend for over a year. We now live together. We tend to argue a lot and have started working on our relationship. We still however argue about once a week. Sometimes our fights get down right ugly. He says some of the most horrible things to me. The other night he told me I was to uneducated and to stupid to have an opinion about anything. He calls me names and makes fun of my weight. I then get back at him by calling him names. I don't like the person I become when we are fighting. How do I defuse the situation? Walking away just does not seem to work becuase he will follow me.