The
topic that I found really interesting in this chapter was in the little section
that's called, "What keeps relationship together?" As a young adult,
who is in a relationship for a year now, I usually wonder how people who have
been together longer than my significant other and I keep the relationship
alive and happy. Also, since I'm around so many couples who seem to argue more
than they are happy, still stay together after all the misery they put each
other through. I thought it was very interesting how during Mary Lund's study,
it was commitment to a person that allows two people to be together for long
time because they invest themselves in the relationship. The relationship is
not solely just on love, but also because they are committed. I
agree with this study because I feel like too many people’s relationship fail
because they do not have the will to keep it together and work things out. No
matter how much love there is present, it will mean nothing if both person’s
hearts are not completely 100% in it.
I also found this section interesting. Relationships are tricky things sometimes. I have seen many seemingly happy relationships fail and see many other relationships succeed that I thought would surely fail. Relationships take work and dedication and the ones that last are the ones that people put a lot of time and effort into. I completely agree with what Lund said about commitment to a person is what makes a relationship work, not necessarily love. There are times in every relationship where you really don’t like the other person in your relationship, but how you decide to react to that is what makes or breaks a relationship.
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