Alienating Practices in Relationships
¡§This is to much see you later I¡¦ll be back some other time!!¡¨
This is a classic signature of a fight tactic known as fight evading. Fight tactics are designed to create distance between the feuding couple. While many may think that this is helping the situation in reality it is making it worse. Other fight evading tactics used by many especially conflict-habituated couples are:
„Y Leaving the house or the scene when a fight threatens
„Y Turning sullen and refusing to argue or talk
„Y Derailing potential arguments
„Y Using the ¡§hit and run¡¨ tactic of filing a complaint, then leaving no time for an answer or for a resolution
(Marriages and Families, Mary Ann Lamanna Agnes Riedmann,6th ed. p 251)
This form of expression is part of a repeated cycle by a wife and withdrawal by a husband.(Kurdek 1995) Some researchers think this is so because the wives usually are more attuned to the emotional life of the relationship and have less power. This thus gives them the intuition to bring conflict out into the open using tactics that are attention getting in a negative tone. In return husbands attempt to minimize conflict by leaving the scene before things get out of hand. This in turn gives the wife the impression that the husband does not care enough to stay and work things out in the relationship in order to make them closer. While the husband sees it as a way to ease tension and work things out at a calmer more stable time.
These fight evading tactics lead couples to hold in anger and store it away in the back of there minds. This is known as gunnysacking. Over time these stored emotions will eventually become overwhelming and their imminent release will be ten times as furious as any lone feud.
This evident course of action leads to what social scientist call the ¡§kitchen sink fight¡¨ . This is when the couples fight is not focused on the situation at hand but rather tainted by issues and situations that may be years old. This kind of fighting rarely, if at all leads to the resolution of the situation at hand or those brought up which occurred prior to this one.
One other fighting tactic is known as the mixed, or double messages.
The relationship between the husband and wife seems initially to be perfect. They both show each other expressions of love. There is understanding, harmony, financial security, and good communication between them. The couple spends a lot of time together, discussing future plans, and talking about the good moments they had in the past. However, behind all of this positive interaction between the two of them is something they are both not able
In relationships the adage is often proven. A married couple that argues with each other constantly can seek a marriage counselor for advice. Advice on how to spice up or fix their marriage that is not up to par. However, it is entirely up to the couple to fix the problems the couple has with each other. Perhaps the wife would argue that the husband never washes the dishes, never puts the toilet seat down, and always leaves his dirty clothes in the bathroom. The husband argues that the wife does not work, stays home all day doing nothing, is never in the mood for sex, and the least thing she could have done is, cleaned the house and made dinner by the time he gets home from his work. The counselor can analyze the situation, and suggest that the wife occupy herself by having the house clean and dinner ready when the husband gets home from work. The counselor also suggests that the husband be considerate and pick up his dirty laundry from the bathroom, put the toilet seat back down after using the toilet, wash his utensils after using them and he might get his sexual desires satisfied. The marriage problems might be straightened out if and only if the couple decides to use the advice the marriage counselor offered them. If the husband and wife have too much pride, and/or are too stubborn to change, then their marriage will remain the same. Some people are prideful and put their dignity before everything else, others are stubborn and will not change something that they are accustomed to; therefore getting them to change a habitual action will not be possible.
The article “My problem with her anger” was written by Eric Bartles. It is a first person point of view about the multiple problems he and his wife face while raising a family. The author goes into detail about the domestic problems that arise after having children, while both parents maintain a job. Bartles continues to state the anger his wife projects on him, which he believes is due to his shortcomings. The writer expresses the difficulties of their relationship, and tell readers ultimately no matter how bad things get it, it continued to work.
I think the reason the initiate the conflict with their spouse and not their children due to them having less interaction with their children and more with their spouse. I also feel like it would cause additional conflict if they “take their anger out” on their children. For instance, it may lead to the children repeating these actions they’ve seen. An additional gender difference in adaptive processes were when men had more heavy workloads at work, they did less work when they arrived home. Similarly, women did the same, however, men did not help the women with their work load when they experienced these types of days. Additionally, this further explains the gender differences in experiences and
towards each other to mask their true feelings towards one another. However, when they are not
disputes so for them the answer is just to arrest and send the guy to jail is that the best
Soon after Brad apologized, as he was not trying to hurt anyone’s feelings, after all, up to that point everyone was having a fun time. Chad however, wanted to fight, and he made it known, continuing to call Brad names. The two got riled up and eventually began fighting. The Behavior of the ParticipantsBefore the two started throwing punches they were in the intensification stage. In this stage, there weren’t many actions besides hand gestures, but there were a lot of emotions displayed. I noticed Brad and Chad get more and more emotional as the conversation went on, everything from raised voices to the language they were speaking in changed from the time previous to the incident. The only interactions between the two were the exchange of words and gestures prior to the physical fight. All of a sudden Brad jumped up and ran at Chad, taking the crisis from the intensification stage to the crisis
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