Marriage is a big step and stage in people’s lives. However, people debate over the pros and cons of early marriage and late marriage. Some people get married early just because of their environment and culture. Some have to marry their partner due to pregnancy or other social issues. In some parts of the world, people focus more on education and their careers and prefer to marry late.
Getting married is a crucial decision that completely changes people's life, and taking this decision needs one to be mature enough to handle these changes. It's not just changing relationship status on paper or on Facebook wall, but it's changing in people's behavior and way of living. Many teenager these days think that married life is similar to single life, or they think that marriage is a long honeymoon or a haven's life. Therefore, they take this decision easily with out concerning about how their future life could be, and they look into the bright and shiny side; the side of happiness and having a partner, and the side that seems like a romantic story as Romeo and Joliet's story. However, married life is contrary to what they think; it's actually a sheared life with other person who has his/her own needs, believes, and background.
If interpersonal communication is used effectively and wisely, there should be a strong marriage with good communication. While having strong interpersonal relationships do not lead to a happy marriage, being verbal and communicating often on a daily basis may lead to a strong marriage and may have certain barriers such as having effective interpersonal interactions, the impact of gender and culture on interpersonal communication, and words have the power to create and affect attitudes, behavior, and perception. Being verbal and communicating often on a daily basis may lead to a strong marriage because gender and culture have an impact on interpersonal communication. The way we address each other has something to do with our gender. Depending on gender, we may communicate differently.
These four were the; reproductive, sexual, educational, and economical functions. Firstly they look at reproduction from the aspect of producing the next generation for society. This ensures survival of the community which can’t be done without children and these new members also benefit society in regard to taking up jobs which will be more effective to society. The second one to look at would be the sexual function of a family; this does not just serve the society in a positive way but is beneficial for the individuals themselves. Unapproved sexual behaviour can cause many problems in society, so this means of a family lets married adults enjoy a healthy sex life.
A marriage needs more than a ten minute conversation as well, because in order to determine what is to be done with a marriage and to prevent any problems within the marriage requires a lot of talking. Let us say that you are not happy with the way that your spouse is talking to you, what are you suppose to do? Well based on the article ‘Can we talk? Researcher talks about the role of communication in happy marriages’ by Nara Schoenberg, it states that: A researcher named Terri Orbuch, says that a good starting point for couples seeking to reconnect should follow her ten minute rule, which would be to have a conversation with your partner or spouse on certain topics like what is your favorite book, best friend or dream vacation for as little as ten minutes a day, because according to her research couples were much happier and less likely to divorce. (Schoenberg, 2011, paragraph 17) In my marriage, I cannot relate to this article at all, because all of my marriage problems are related to his family members, and them not liking me.
As mentioned in the case, Bonnie has accomplished something that the human resource specialist had been trying to do for years simply because Bonnie’s directness and honesty, which made communication more efficient. Mini Rope 40: Society of Equals In this mini rope, Ted Shelby is really trying to make some change, yet unfortunately failed. He’s trying to change the conventional down-the-line oriented communication channel to a more efficient one that can gather feedback. Yet due to the residence from the top management, the plan doesn’t go through. And here are some points I would like to cover: First, the influence of Coercive Power.
Crash Scene Conf Interpersonal Communication Instructor Laura Massengale July 31, 2012 Crash Scene Conflict Having a relationship with anyone is hard. There are all kinds of variables that can come into the equation. And learning how to handle this through interpersonal communication can be difficult but with the right tools and the right desire it is easy to see how we could form a better way of dealing with one another in our interpersonal relationships. According to our text(sole,2011) “When you first form any kind of relationship with another person, the relationship tends to be harmonious. Both people are usually cautious about what they tell each other and how they say it, and they make a conscious effort to present positive information about themselves and to avoid conflict”.
The fascination of “falling in love,” having a family, and financially stable is one of the reasons individuals want to get married or have relationships (Berger, 2010, p. 412). Over time as individuals get to know about each other they tend to share more intimate details with each other , which is a sign of trust, and commitment. Young adults generally live together instead of marrying before the age of 25 (Berger, 2010, p. 414). This does not mean that complications will not occur in a relationship. Violence, drugs, and alcohol problems happen more frequently in couples that are not married.
Young Adulthood 19-40 years Intimacy vs. Isolation Young adults need to form intimate, loving relationships with other people. Success leads to strong relationships, while failure results in loneliness and isolation. Middle Adulthood 40-65 years Generativity vs. Stagnation Adults need to create or nurture things that will outlast them, often by having children or creating a positive change that benefits other people. Success leads to feelings of usefulness and accomplishment, while failure results in shallow involvement in the world.
Young people in modern society have completely different views on marriage. Ones prefer to get married at an early age; others, however, tend to postpone marriage until they finish their studies and make a successful career. Early marriages have lots of advantages, such as experiencing the joy of parenthood and other benefits of the wedlock and becoming mature as early as possible, but also have some negative sides, such as economic restrictions, misunderstanding between partners and inability to get proper education. On the one hand, marrying young has some advantages. Firstly, due to the heavy workload arising from new responsibilities and duties, such as earning the living, taking care of children, organizing time properly, running the household, the newly married youngsters mature much earlier than their peers.