Conflict in Relationships

I thought the section on managing conflict effectively was really interesting in this chapter. No relationship is perfect and every relationship has problems and conflict. Sometimes managing these conflicts can be difficult and take time and effort. The severity of the conflicts in relationships can vary greatly. Sometimes it is a difference in opinion in something as small as the type of dishwasher detergent you like to use to something as big as one’s morals. If disagreements that arise from these conflicts are handled affectively by talking things out and coming to an agreement, then there is not necessarily a problem. When people let little conflicts build up the result can be fairly negative and lead to abusive relationships. In the United State abusive relationships are more common than people would like to think. When people enter an abusive relationship, for whatever reason, the relationship enters a fairly regular cycle. The couple is happy and in a honeymoon stage. Then something arises that causes tension to arise between the couple which leads to one person in the relationship to explode and abuse the other person. The abuser then feels remorse for what happened and tries to make things right which leads the couple back into the honeymoon stage.