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 Marriage 101 - Husband Tips for your relationship - How to discuss issues By James Lucoff My wife and I were cheerily making our way to a winter weekend getaway in upstate New York. Then things took an unexpected turn, literally. The car ahead skidded on an ice patch, crashed into us, and left us groaning, "What happened?" We made it to our destination, but for the rest of the weekend our neck muscles felt like they had been worked over by an angry Swedish wrestler. Like collisions, marital arguments happen, and often when least expected. But when crashes occur on the road of married life there's a lot more at stake than sore muscles. Unresolved conflicts in a marriage can put out the fire of romance, squelch intimacy, and if prolonged, lead to the death of the relationship. What the Relationship Enhancement method does so effectively is provide you with a protocol - "rules of the road" - so you can reach your destination safely. These rules are simple and easy to learn. And when observed carefully, the guidelines virtually guarantee a safe and successful discussion of any issue, no matter how sensitive. The Expressive skill and the Empathic Responding skill are at the core of all Relationship Enhancement discussions. The Discussion skill provides the framework in which you and your partner use these two basic skills to explore a specific issue in your relationship. The rules for the Discussion skill are simple:
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