Love And Communication In Intimate Relationships

When people watch this movie they can not be helped be touched by it. This film is about love, but it so much more than that; deep down the movie is about life and how humans deal with the ups and downs of it all. The

Relationship satisfaction is an important part of romantic relationships. A lack of satisfaction can lead to consequences in other areas of life and eventually, the destruction of the relationship. For example, job performance is heavily influenced by romantic relationship satisfaction. In a study by Greenhaus and Beutell (1985), they argued that poor satisfaction leads to poor job performance and vice versa. They stated this was to because these two spheres are “interdependent.” Satisfaction can also influence quality of health. Conflict in a marital relationship is associated with higher heart rates and blood pressure (Broadwell & Light, 1999; Ewart, Taylor, Kaemer & Agras, 1991; Flor, Breitenstein, Birbaumer & Furst 1995; Frankish & Linden, 1996; Kiecolt-Glaser, 1993; Mayne, O’Leary, McCrady, Contrada & Labouvie, 1997; Morell & Apple, 1990; Shwartz, Slater & Birchler, 1994; Thomsen & Gilbert, 1998). It is also strongly associated with depression and depressed syndromes (Beach, Fincham & Katz, 1998; Fincham & Beach, 1999). This relationship between marital conflict and depression seems to be bidirectional meaning depression is not only a result of conflict but also is caused by the conflict (Beach, et. al., 1998; Fincham & Beach, 1999). Because a lack of relationship satisfaction can negatively affect so many important areas of life, it is important to understand what influences the level of satisfaction held in romantic relationships.

After analyzing Raymond Carver's "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love," it is easy to see that there are several different ideas concerning true love that the characters in the story are in dispute over. Terri's idea of real love is the most valid out of the group at the table. All of the members of the group are rather confused as to what real love is. Terri is included as one of the confused. However, I believe that she is the closest to understanding what love is. A key piece of evidence demonstrating her understanding of love is her remark to Laura and Nick. She scolds the couple for basing their relationship on physical aspects, rather than emotion or passion. Terri, like the rest of the party, is on her second marriage.

Upon enrolling in Sexual Communication, my initial belief was that I️t would be an easy course. I also had the belief that I wouldn’t learn much due to my prior knowledge regarding sex and communication. Weeks later, this notion was dismissed and I began learning facts, tips, and other pieces of information I most likely would not been exposed to if I did not enroll into this class.

After analyzing Raymond Carver’s “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love,” it is easy to see that there are several different ideas concerning true love that the characters in the story are in dispute over. Terri’s idea of real love is the most valid out of the group at the table. All of the members of the group are rather confused as to what real love is. Terri is included as one of the confused. However, I believe that she is the closest to understanding what love is. A key piece of evidence demonstrating her understanding of love is her remark to Laura and Nick. She scolds the couple for basing their relationship on physical aspects, rather than emotion or passion. Terri, like the rest

I disagrred Tom’s action when he made his wife, Clare to go to the theater alone. For my experice, going to theater alone is not fun at all. In addition, Tom’s work was not even important to finish.

Marriage is one of the most precious relationships known to humanity and continues to be the foundation of society and families. What is more, marriage is the blending of two very distinct people with their own personalities, desires and ambitions into one, which can create conflict. In fact, every couple faces conflict in marriage; and yet, why do some couples seem to navigate conflict while others eventually break down and fall apart? One study states that, “Millions of individuals experience marital distress, destructive conflict, and divorce every year” (Markman 1). In fact, one study suggests marriages have a 20% chance of ending in the first five years (Worthington, et al 15). However, study after study indicates that communication is a major variable in marital satisfaction (Carroll, et al 531). Sarah Carroll states, “How a couple interacts is a key indicator of the quality and stability of their relationship. Furthermore, the quality of couple communication has been found to be one of the best predictors of relationship satisfaction” (Carroll, et al 531). Yet research shows that only 19% of couples ever seek professional help in becoming better communicators (Worthington, et al 15). Therefore, it is imperative for all couples to understand the importance of communication in their relationship and aim to grow so that their marriage can be healthy and thriving. These skills include constructive communication, emotional support, encoding and decoding, initiator tendency

My first text, The Notebook, has a happy ending for the couple in love in the book and for the readers as well. Allie and Noah overcome many different obstacles thrown at them, however, they find their peace with each other and stay together in love at the end of the book. Allie is forced to choose between another man and Noah, she follows her heart and chooses her true love, Noah. Nicholas Sparks has written this novel in a way which allows for the readers to fall in love with Noah’s character when he is forced to leave Allie. We feel sad and sympathise with him. When the end of the book comes and we read over Allies moment to decide, we almost feel the pressure Allie does in the hope that she chooses Noah. The happy ending in this novel then becomes a happy ending for the character and the reader. My second text, Pride and Prejudice also subverts to the romance genre as Mr Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet fall in love with each other and get married by the end of the novel. Titanic also links closely to my connection as Jack and Rose are together in love, however, Jack dies in the Titanic incident leaving Rose on her own to live her life without him. As we listen to Rose tell her story of Jack's death, we see the very end of the film in Rose’s mind, where she is back on the Titanic and sees Jack. She is reunited with him once and for all in her dreams. All of these romance texts and films end with the

A few weeks ago I was approached by a co-worker, towards the end of the night shift. We were outside having a smoke and he looks up at me and says, "Your girlfriend has a kid, right?", and I reply, "Yes, she has a 5 year old daughter."

What I enjoyed so much about this film is that the ending was one that the viewers decided on what it meant. In the film, the couple traveling get taken away, but it isn’t clear by who, and it leaves the viewers to come up with their own conclusion. I enjoyed that fact and thought the suspense in the film was the best of the night. All of the other films had suspense, but this film did the best at creating it. It made me actually feel terrified, and it was the only film that made me cover my eyes a bit because of how great it was at building up dread and

Relationships involve effective communication to keep going. Otherwise, the relationship slowly dies or is forgotten. Although, not just any sort of communication keeps a relationship from fading. It must be effectively done. Different components go into effective communication. First, the conversations must be initiated somehow through a channel or method of communicating. Next, the conversations should be transactional or each person is communicating with one another through speaking and listening to one another. Lastly, each party should be aware of the three different contexts that go into the conversation; relational, situational, and cultural. Avoiding so could lead to conflicts. Both parties must want to and try to actively communicate and understand each other in order to have a lasting and healthy relationship with one another.

On February 8th, 2016, Robert Leahy wrote an interesting article titled, “Relationship Communication: How to Talk So That Your Partner Will Listen.” Leahy posted his article on the website called www.huffingtonpost.com and stated several ways to improve communication between partners. Some of those ways include picking the right time to express concern or emotions, simplifying what needs to be said, and when speaking pause and ask for some feedback. Leahy also spoke on not attacking your partner when trying to communicate, don’t degrade or point fingers in the midst of an argument because it will only escalate the issue. Lastly, Leahy mentioned to try and “validate the validator,” when your significant other is taking their time to listen to

PO reported having a difficult time to communicate with his wife; relationship conflicts was one of the excuses for addiction in the past.

Intimacy is a sense of closeness that is shared with your spouse. When it comes down to intimacy, you choose to be loved, loving and vulnerable to your partner. According to Balswick & Balswick, “sexuality and spirituality are closely linked to a couple intimacy” (2008, pg. 191). Developing intimacy in relationships is, therefore, a clear knowledge of your own and your spouse preferences and a willingness to put time into the relationship. Nevertheless, we are human and being human comes with life stressors that can have a toll on our relationships. In the article, Intimacy, marital satisfaction, and third party imagined interactions: Imagination, Cognition and Personality, authors Berkos, K. M., & Denham, J., says that “the stresses of everyday

There exists a disparity in the communication phenomenon between men and women. This disparity according to scholars can be attributed to the male dominance in the society today and relationship tensions between couples. A study on cross-sex conversations showed that, when men and women engage in a friendly conversation, they do so as equals but they do not play the same roles in the communication. Women tend to ask more questions and likely to utter utterances that encourage responses from the other speaker. Men, on the other hand, are more likely to interrupt their partner’s conversations and make direct opinions and facts to control or dominate the conversation. Thus, the communication phenomenon between men and women is strikingly distinct.