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This marriage evolved around sexual intimacy
and is what keeps it going strong even though they are fighting.
Intimacy
- The conflict is rarely concealed from the children
- There is a lot of tension that builds up when everyone is together
- Children can sometimes respond to parental conflict by acting out they may demonstrate behavioural problems, increased anger, violent behaviour, delinquency, and gang involvement
Family/Children
Social
The couple attends social events such as cocktail parties, with family and friends
The couple is discreet and polite in the company of others,
although after a few drinks their normal habits from home
begin to show.
Conflict Habituated
At worst, there is some private quarreling, nagging, and “throwing up the past” of which members of the immediate family, and, more rarely, close friends and relatives have some awareness. At best, the couple is discreet and polite, genteel about it in the company of others.
The relationship is characterized by constant disagreement and quarreling. Such couples thrive on conflict and verbal skirmishes. The Stimulation provided by fighting holds the marriage together.
The marriage consists
of constant disagreement
- There is a lot of nagging and when they drink it gets worse.
- They have been fighting since highschool.
- They fight for intermediate periods.
- The arguments are very colourful but there is never physical abuse.
Conflict Resolution