Tuesday, March 30, 2010

dialetic theory

Tonight we talked about another theory that tries to explain relationships. We have gone everywhere from simple one sentence theories to stepping stone theories to detailed graphs. For me the dialetic relationship theory helps explain relationships so much better. Looking back over the last 18 years and remembering the hardest times we had, I can see how most if not all issues we had came from either the two of us not agreeing on part of the equation or agreeing but not knowing that we agreed. Miscommunication will be my next post after we cover chapter 9.

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Interpersonal Relationships

Loved the class, we heard many speeches and then covered chapter 8 which covered relationships: How and why they form. We talked about the 10 stages of a relationship from initiating to terminating. Kendra mentioned that the relationship moves back forth along the 10 stages and John stated that even at terminating stage the relationship can still backtrack and survive or even thrive. That reminded me of how precious my marriage is because we did just that. We were on the verge of the terminating stage and God helped us to rebuild our marriage into what has become the best time of our life. Not perfect but so much better than we ever thought was possible.