Fighting for Your Marriage Session 1

Your Opinion on Communication and Conflict

STATEMENT	AGREE	DISAGREE
1. It is sometimes necessary to nag another person in order to get them to respond.
2. Too much talking is more of a problem in marriages than not enough talking.
3. We communicate more through our nonverbal behavior than through the actual words we use.
4. Men are more logical and less emotionally inclined than women.
5. If a person wears a mask in marriage and then starts to become honest, it can lead to more conflict than previously existed.
6. Crusades to change a spouse’s behavior usually backfire, so we should learn to be more accepting and simply pray about it.
7. It is sometimes necessary in a marital relationship to modify the truth in order to build a relationship and lessen hurt.
8. In communication it is more important to use the word you rather than I.
9. A man is apt to be the less verbal member of a marriage.
10. The Bible teaches that quarreling is wrong. Therefore married couples should not be involved in quarrels with one another.

In this life, conflict is inevitable.
Conflict is not bad in and of itself. How we handle conflict can be bad.
Conflicts are caused by our sin, by desires, and differences in gender or personality.
Most conflict is not dealt with openly, because most people have never been taught effective ways of resolving conflict.
Conflict provides opportunity for growth in a relationship.
Unresolved conflicts interfere with growth and satisfying relationships.