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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
happens to us.
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