Why Do Some Relationships Fail?
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Why Do Some Relationships Fail?
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#2I read this book after I divorced, and I remember seeing a lot of my own relationship in it.
Bottom line, everyone is not you, and to make the most of a relationship you need to understand how they see things, and accommodate.
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#3I read this book after I divorced, and I remember seeing a lot of my own relationship in it. Bottom line, everyone is not you, and to make the most of a relationship you need to understand how they see things, and accommodate.
you need to understand how they see things
Isn't that the hard part?
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#5I read this book after I divorced, and I remember seeing a lot of my own relationship in it. Bottom line, everyone is not you, and to make the most of a relationship you need to understand how they see things, and accommodate.
you need to understand how they see things Isn't that the hard part?
Yup, that's the hard part. Empathy is a skill that can be developed though, and it can be useful, and not just for altruistic motives.
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#6I read this book after I divorced, and I remember seeing a lot of my own relationship in it. Bottom line, everyone is not you, and to make the most of a relationship you need to understand how they see things, and accommodate.
you need to understand how they see things Isn't that the hard part?
It was for us. :-/
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#7I read this book after I divorced, and I remember seeing a lot of my own relationship in it. Bottom line, everyone is not you, and to make the most of a relationship you need to understand how they see things, and accommodate.
you need to understand how they see things Isn't that the hard part?
It is the hard part. Part of the value of the book is in providing a simple framework for people to understand something a little alien to them. This will increase your chances of understanding. This is not the same as trying put people in a box and limit them, it is more like trying to study what typifies a particular culture and being sensitive to that.
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#8I read this book after I divorced, and I remember seeing a lot of my own relationship in it. Bottom line, everyone is not you, and to make the most of a relationship you need to understand how they see things, and accommodate.
you need to understand how they see things Isn't that the hard part?
No. The hardest part is often the willingness to see things from another's point of view - and to have it be all right for the other to have a different point of view.
Understanding comes with that willingness.
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#9Article is short and simple. I definitely recommend reading the book.
Knowing about this has really helped my relationship with my parents and my friends. While every person doesn't fit neatly into this framework, it's useful as a starting point to understanding how to have a meaningful relationship with other people.
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#10I'd like to see some explanation in terms of evolution theory for things being like that before I buy it. Otherwise, how different is that theory from "some people are born in the sign of scorpio and some in the sign of capricorn, and they don't mix together well"?