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Types of Relationships

Types of Relationships

• Dating

Types of Relationships

• Dating

• Pre-

committed

Types of Relationships

• Dating

• Pre-

committed

• Pre-marital

Types of Relationships

• Dating

• Pre-

committed

• Pre-marital

• Committed

Guidelines for Dating Relationships

Guidelines for Dating Relationships

Primary Question-

Do I want a relationship with this person?

Guidelines for Dating Relationships

Partner Selection Tools-

Guidelines for Dating Relationships

Partner Selection Tools-

Vision

Guidelines for Dating Relationships

Partner Selection Tools-

Vision

Requirements

Guidelines for Dating Relationships

Partner Selection Tools-

Vision

Requirements

Needs

Guidelines for Dating Relationships

Partner Selection Tools-

Vision

Requirements

Needs

Wants

Guidelines for Dating Relationships

• Partner Selection Tools

• “Screening in” vs. “Screening

out”

Guidelines for Dating Relationships

• Partner Selection Tools

• “Screening in” vs. “Screening

out”

• The Role of Settling

Dating Red-Flags Checklist

Guidelines for Pre-

committed

and Pre-marital

Relationships

Guidelines for Pre-

committed

and Pre-marital

RelationshipsPrimary Question-

Is this the right relationship for me?

Guidelines for Pre-

committed

and Pre-marital

RelationshipsDecision-Making Tools-

Guidelines for Pre-

committed

and Pre-marital

RelationshipsDecision-Making Tools-

Requirements, Needs, Wants

Guidelines for Pre-

committed

and Pre-marital

RelationshipsDecision-Making Tools-

Requirements, Needs, Wants

Vision

Guidelines for Pre-

committed

and Pre-marital

RelationshipsDecision-Making Tools-

Requirements, Needs, Wants

Vision

Purpose

Guidelines for Pre-

committed

and Pre-marital

Relationships• Decision-Making Tools

• Evolve vs. Push vs.

Twist

Guidelines for Pre-

committed

and Pre-marital

Relationships• Decision-Making Tools

• Evolve vs. Push vs.

Twist

• Dangers of Settling

Relationship Choice Questionnaire

Guidelines for Committed

Relationships

Primary Question-

How can I make this work?

Commitment – The Path

to Relationship Happiness

Commitment – The Path

to Relationship Happiness

• Benefits of a Committed

Relationship

7 Benefits of a

Committed Relationship

7 Benefits of a

Committed Relationship

1. Regular, safe, good

sex

7 Benefits of a

Committed Relationship

1. Regular, safe, good

sex

2. Companionship

7 Benefits of a

Committed Relationship

1. Regular, safe, good

sex

2. Companionship

3. Intimacy

7 Benefits of a

Committed Relationship

1. Regular, safe, good

sex

2. Companionship

3. Intimacy

4. Family

7 Benefits of a

Committed Relationship

1. Regular, safe, good

sex

2. Companionship

3. Intimacy

4. Family

5. Economics

7 Benefits of a

Committed Relationship

1. Regular, safe, good

sex

2. Companionship

3. Intimacy

4. Family

5. Economics

6. Community

7 Benefits of a

Committed Relationship

1. Regular, safe, good

sex

2. Companionship

3. Intimacy

4. Family

5. Economics

6. Community

7. Mental, emotional, and physical health

Commitment – The Path

to Relationship Happiness

• Benefits of a Committed

Relationship

• Research on Happiness and

Divorce

Research on

Happiness and Divorce

Unhappily married adults who

divorced were no happier than

unhappily married adults who stayed

married.Source- National Marriage Project- http://marriage.rutgers.edu

Research on

Happiness and Divorce

Unhappy spouses who had divorced

and remarried were no happier on

average than those who stayed

married.Source- National Marriage Project- http://marriage.rutgers.edu

Research on

Happiness and Divorce

Many happily married spouses have

extended periods of marital

unhappiness.Source- National Marriage Project- http://marriage.rutgers.edu

Research on

Happiness and Divorce

To avoid divorce, many assume

marriages must become happier, but

to get happier, unhappy couples

must first avoid divorceSource- National Marriage Project- http://marriage.rutgers.edu

Research on

Happiness and Divorce

Two thirds of unhappily married

couples report being “happy” or

“very happy” five years later.

(“Marital Endurance Ethic”)Source- The Case for Marriage: Why Married People are Happier, Healthier and Better Off Financially by Linda Waite and Maggie Gallagher

Commitment – The Path

to Relationship Happiness

• Benefits of a Committed

Relationship

• Research on Happiness and

Divorce

• When should you break up or

divorce?

Should I Stay or Should I

Go?

Life is not what happens to us.

Life is what we DO with what

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