Researcher Caryl Rusbult studied theories of commitment for over 30 years and concluded that
commitment to a relationship occurs over a long period of time, with a person more and more seeing the relationship as central to their life and to their needs.
To some extent, the conflict that occurs within marriage and dating relationships are similar, depending on the intensity and level of commitment of the dating relationship, inasmuch as they may concern sex, religion, politics, jealousy, children, pets, household responsibilities and the in - laws, according to the eHarmony article «9 Things Men and Women Argue About Most.&raqu
To some extent, the conflict that
occurs within marriage and dating
relationships are similar, depending on the intensity and level of
commitment of the dating
relationship, inasmuch as they may concern sex, religion, politics, jealousy, children, pets, household responsibilities and the in - laws, according
to the eHarmony article «9 Things Men and Women Argue About Most.&raqu
to the eHarmony article «9 Things Men and Women Argue About Most.»
2) Communication, Transparency and Emotional Sharing Couples assume that keeping secrets is not part of the
relationship commitment package; whether spoken or not, each person usually holds the expectation that emotional sharing will
occur, that each will speak their truths even when difficult
to do so.