stories on reciprocity in marriage, proverbs and quotes
2006-09-09 02:00:16 · 4 answers · asked by tamuboi 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Reciprocity means you exchange similar behaviors.
Reciprocity
The husband gets what he wants in the marriage by giving his wife what she wants.
The wife gets what she wants in the marriage by giving her husband what he wants.
Neither husband nor wife ever gets 100% of what he/she wants in any marriage.
Marriage partners provide mutual support and help each other with mundane problems. They compliment each other and both contribute to the marriage, often by compromise.
The couple may dance by candlelight but it is after the dishes are washed, the lawn is mowed, and their day-to-day problems are solved.
Fantasy marriages take place with perpetual romance in the moonlight. Real marriages take place in the everyday world. They are never so glamorous
Marriages are not made in heaven; marriages are made by two committed people right here on earth.
2006-09-09 02:04:06 · answer #1 · answered by I love my husband 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Webster definition of reciprocity is the mutual dependence, cooperation,; also interchange, return in kind. In marriage there is supposed to be a mutual understanding and working together for the better of the two people. If the couple is christian they will work together for the best of each other and Jesus .
2006-09-09 02:06:38 · answer #2 · answered by wolfy1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's at least partly a matter of understanding that a) you can't win, and b) you don't actually need to win.
Example -- the typical husband-and-wife argument:
a) She states her position.
b) He states his position.
c) He explains what's wrong with her position.
d) He apologizes.
2006-09-09 02:04:39 · answer #3 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
balance and old programming
2006-09-09 02:02:46 · answer #4 · answered by george p 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋