If a lovers' tiff leaves you fuming, blame your parents, not your partner. The better your relationship with your parents in childhood, the better you are at getting over tiffs as an adult, according to a new study.

Scientists from the University of Minnesota in the US monitored a group of babies born in the mid-1970s until they reached adulthood. They found that those who had a secure relationship with their parents or carers as infants were better at recovering from conflict 20 years later, the Daily Mail reports.