Disagreement In Baby, It's Cold Outside

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When people communicate in interpersonal relationships disagreements are certainly going to occur at some point of time. When involved in interpersonal relationships disagreements are a natural occurrence that may take place. When a disagreement happens the most effective way to deal with the issue is to make sure it is being addressed properly. When watching television you often see conflict and sometimes think of how the situation could have been handled differently. This is precisely what took place when I viewed a scene in the T.V. show Scandal in episode "Baby, It's Cold Outside, I will break down ways that the contention could have been taken care of well by utilizing compassion and listening abilities.
Disagreements and arguments are
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Conflicts are serious moments that can improve a relationship allowing a couple to be more productive, producing deeper empathetic feelings with one another leading to closeness and respect for one another as long as the conflict is resolved in the right manner using critical listening skills and empathy. Another way to calm things down so that you may communicate adequately in a conflict is to remember the positive attributes in your relationship when you are in the middle of a disagreement this can frequently permit you to solve differences and have a commonly pleasing resolution that preserves a happy relationship (Belvan,2014). This can be seen in the T.V. show Scandal when the President and Olivia realized that they really couldn’t be together even though he was getting a divorce from his current wife Mellie Grant. Olivia Pope was used to being a CEO running her own company making key decisions with many important politicians in Washington until she moved in the white House under President Fitz Gerald becoming his eye candy. Olivia was also pregnant at this time and had to make a decision …show more content…
It is present in all types of relationships, and is not always considered a bad thing when handled properly with the right skills during communication. The most important thing to remember about conflicts getting is how they are resolved, not how many occur, is the critical factor in defining whether a relationship will be beneficial or

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