Sunday, November 18, 2012
Week of November 12-18 - Question 3
A concept from this week that I found really interesting are the different relationship types. I wasn’t aware that relationships could be classified into different categories, but they totally make sense. The five different relationship types are vital, total, passive-congenial, devitalized, and conflict-habituated marriage. Vital marriage is a relationship that is very close and where the partners want to physically be with each other all the time. Total is similar, except that the partners aren’t always continuously together. Passive-congenial describes relationships in which the partners are polite and interact, but deal mostly with superficial matters. Next, devitalized is a relationship in which the partners are bored with the relationship. And lastly, conflict-habituated marriage is a relationship that the partners are simply incompatible. I’ve know people that have been involved in each of these types of relationships, and I think the most common type that I’ve observed would have to be a vital marriage
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Like you, I also found it really interesting to learn that there are different relationship types. When we came across that section, I was really engaged in the reading and everything it said about relationships and how they develop. I also liked writing the paper on relationships, because I was actually able to relate one of my relationships with everything the book said. It was very interesting learning the five relationships type and seeing what each type consists of. I really liked the book we read in this class because it gave me an insight of what type of relationship I would want in my marriage.
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