A Couple More Years

Tam who is 42-years old Vietnamese Canadian man and Lisa who is 39-years old Caucasian have been married for eight years. They dated for seven years prior to getting married. They have two children. Jimmy, their son is 14-years old and Emma, their daughter is 8-years old. Lisa is a nurse and Tam is a software programmer. Jimmy attends a middle school and he is in grade 9 and Emma attends an elementary school and she is in grade 3. Lisa called the family-counselling centre to book for an initial…

background information for counseling couples. Summary: The article identified the lack of research in couples who are stable over time. The identified problem then becomes, how do stable couples interact over time? The purpose of the study in the general sense was to examine the couple’s expression of emotional patterns with one another. Gottman and Levenson (1999) identified only three published articles on topic of their identified problem of wanting to know more on stable couple’s…

Heterosexual “Straight couples may have a lot to learn from gay and lesbian relationships,” Gottman (1) There have been many findings through many research comparing ‘same-sex’ relationships patterns in communication vs. heterosexual. Many of these research like, Gottman and Green, have demonstrated the differences that both topics have in communication in a relationship. Gottman said it, research suggest that same-sex relationships have a higher communication than straight couples in…

The debate on marriage versus cohabitation has always been a controversial topic. However, in recent years this issue has been exceedingly reported on by the media because cohabitation, from traditional viewpoint, is a crisis that leads to immorality. Cohabitation, contrary to marriage, does not provide a permanent, healthy, and stable environment for all directly and indirectly involved within this type of relationship. I believe that marriage provides a better relationship than cohabitation.…

In a marriage that has been through a long path that has many more years to go, aspects of the marriage tend to fall short. Intimacy plays a strong role in a marriage, in earlier years of a marriage a couple is infatuated with one other and is strongly connected physically, emotionally and spiritually. As time passes and children are brought into the picture it is difficult for a couple to still be intimately engaged while there are many distractions that need to be attended to, there is a…

requirement that should be present for marriage would be love. A same-sex couple is as perfectly capable of being in love as a heterosexual couple. If a non-heterosexual couple believes to the fullest extent that they are in love and wish to legally wed, then they should be allowed to celebrate the same way heterosexual couples commonly would. For many people, finding a partner to marry is considered one of the most important milestones…

to adults together forming a couple. Many factors play into having a happy and successful marriage but couples can stem from different backgrounds and beliefs, which sometimes do not form a loving relationship. There are different theories on mate selection which may help answer some questions as to why one relationship is more likely to last than another. Gender differences emotional responses and communication also seem to play a role as to whether or not a couple will last. Evolutionary…

particular to this generation is the subject of cohabitation. More couples are taking steps to move into a place together before tying the knot, a decision that was not heavily publicized before the 21st century. According to one study done by the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) 2006 – 2010, it was found that women between the ages of 25 and 29 are the most likely to marry a partner with whom they’ve cohabitated with after three years. The study also showed that women under 24 are the…

opinion has not evolved in the past years since same-sex marriage became a hot topic in the media, mostly because I myself, am gay. Everyone should be given the right to marry whomever they want without any restrictions, but I can understand that others have opinions that differ about this subject. When discussing legislative history, public opinion, family and child development, and marriage benefits, same-sex marriage should be accepted in society and same-sex couples should be given their…

if a couple got married at a young age, the girl was probably pregnant. When couples get married, they have to think about the affordability of getting married, the bride and groom’s maturity level, and if the love they share is true. This is why most people wait until they are older and more mature to get married. Some couples even wait until they are successful at their jobs and are stable in life. I believe that it is more suitable to wait until couples are older to get married. When couples…