The new person you are dating keeps asking you about the status of your relationship, and you respond by joking that committed relationships always end. what conflict approach are you using?

I believe the answer is: Skirting
In skirting, we respond to a certain confrontation by making a joke.
This method is being done in order to avoid having to direcly resolve the conflict with the hope that the confronter would move along and forget about the current conversation.

Temperature and precipitation

Explanation:

The two most important factors in the climate of an area are temperature and precipitation. The yearly average temperature of the area is obviously important, but the yearly range in temperature is also important.