Marital Functioning

On thursday we talked about marital functioning. We watching a funny commercial titled, "How to have a good marriage." In it the girl asked the mother how her and her father made their marriage work. The mother said that she did the little things that gave him time to be with his friends like mowing and changing the oil. Then she said something about giving the gift of Budwiser. I thought that was really funny because it was joking about how that would not be a good marriage at all, but it is how men would like marriage to be. We discussed the different categories of couples and how they fight. We watched a little video and in it we say that couples can sometimes be two different types of people. One can love to fight all the time and love the drama. The other can avoid fighting all the time and just be quiet to end the argument. This is so true in life and it's really good to understand that you can have a successful marriage even if you and your spouse aren't the same types of people. This is good information to know in the future when working with families who are fighting and never seem to solve anything because they dont communicate properly.