Spouse

but you have to also consider your spouse, and present and future decisions as well. I like that you deemed it necessary to separate your accounts. To me, that is a very strategic decision to make and one that could cause much controversy in a marriage. In my opinion, separate accounts sometimes show that you want to ensure you will remain financially stable and able to ensure you have the necessary priorities taken care of. Sometimes, I believe some spouses believe you are trying to hide…

and contemporaries alike than Ephesians 5:21-33? Many people are offended by this biblical passage, in which wives are instructed to be subordinate to their husbands, because they interpret it to be creating a hierarchy in marriage, thus putting one spouse in a position of domination and is seen as offensive to women. With this understanding, strong emotions are stirred up within congregations and the stomachs of priests do flips before saying their homilies. Individuals ground the bitter taste…

to forgive their partners over the first 2 years of newlywed couples. McNulty found that more forgiving spouses reported being happier in their marriages, having fewer problems, and behaving less negatively. However, no significant effects were found for forgiveness changing satisfaction or severity of problems. As time and negativity in relationships continued on, evidence suggests that spouses married to partners who frequently engaged in negative behavior, increased forgiveness appeared to be…

and Bianca to their spouses, Kate conveys a monolog in which she contends of the challenges a spouse faces for his wife as she clarifies, "To excruciating work both via ocean and area/To watch the night in tempests/Whilst thou liest warm at home, secure and safe/And desires no other tribute at thy hands But love, reasonable looks, and genuine acquiescence—Too little installment for so extraordinary a debt"(5.2.162-67). Kate contends of the commitment a wife must give as her spouse gives money…

Should the welfare of one’s self as an individual ever come before the welfare of one’s spouse? In the final scene of the play, Nora makes the final decision to leave Torvald and her children behind in search of a life where she can be free to live as she chooses rather than bending to be the wife Torvald wants her to be. When she tells Torvald…

of marriage defined by the culture, but culture also made women the inferior gender. Men were allowed more legal and social rights, whereas women were limited in their power as individuals. However, by building a functional family foundation with a spouse, one was seen as successful and the family name would continue to thrive. Although the role of marriage was to create a functional family foundation, for women it also meant the responsibility to have children, submit to the needs of the…

Marriage is often portrayed as this romantic ideal. The couple gets married and lives in a nice house. The husband works while the woman takes care of the house and children. Everyone is happy in that situation. However, that is not the case with marriage. Once a couple get married they feel the pressure of filling the stereotypical role of what it means to be a wife or husband. When we try to fill these roles we lose our sense of identity and become unhappy. It is clear that John Wright and…

Consider an individual is arrested for murdering his neighbor. The suspect goes to his attorney and confesses every detail of the crime. At trial, the defendant’s attorney is called to the witness stand to testify about the conversation between the attorney and the defendant. There is no doubt if this were to play out that the defendant would be convicted and spend a lifetime in prison. So the question exist, is there really a need for privileged communication? Even though society wants the…

Where Did I Go Wrong Have you ever had a miscommunication with someone close to you simply because you assumed they understood you? If that question was asked of anyone, the answer would very well be, yes, I have. It happens to the best of us and sometimes on a daily basis. As stated in the article from U.S. News and World Report’s called “Close Relationships Sometimes Mask Poor Communication”, it stated “For many people, their communication skills with loved ones are not as strong as they may…

punishment…The key element is having a climate of trust” (The Messy World…). However, if the policy is strict enough to threaten a transfer or even the possibility of being fired, employees will listen. Employees won’t want to risk their jobs for a fling, and spouses will be discouraged from seeking employment at the same locations. As to a climate of trust mentioned in the article, there are other ways to gain employees’ trust as a supervisor, such as seeking employee…