The authors wrote about the three R’s of family, rules, roles, and relationships. I never realized how the rules my family subliminally enforced change my interaction with the people around me, like arguing is okay even in public situations. Every family member has a role that they fill, whether it be positive, like the “comedian”, or negative, like the “victim”. I am identifying some of the roles that I fill in my family, such as the problem-solver. Then the relationship your parents had with each other forms the expectations you have for your future spouse. For those of the opposite gender that you do not plan on making your spouse, there is a great deal of intentionality that needs to happen in order to have a positive platonic relationship. The most important thing to do is to understand how men and women are different from each other and appreciate those qualities without taking advantage of them. What the book had to say was splendid, but what made it even better were the in class discussions we had about each
The authors wrote about the three R’s of family, rules, roles, and relationships. I never realized how the rules my family subliminally enforced change my interaction with the people around me, like arguing is okay even in public situations. Every family member has a role that they fill, whether it be positive, like the “comedian”, or negative, like the “victim”. I am identifying some of the roles that I fill in my family, such as the problem-solver. Then the relationship your parents had with each other forms the expectations you have for your future spouse. For those of the opposite gender that you do not plan on making your spouse, there is a great deal of intentionality that needs to happen in order to have a positive platonic relationship. The most important thing to do is to understand how men and women are different from each other and appreciate those qualities without taking advantage of them. What the book had to say was splendid, but what made it even better were the in class discussions we had about each