honest with me in every way. One day my girlfriend told me she saw him kissing another girl at a party. I was crushed. He admitted it was the case when confronted with the charge. He apologized, said he loved me, and told me it would never happen again. However, I was unable to forgive him. Though I tried and did on one level, I could not trust him to be honest or faithful to me any longer. I broke up with him and got my ring back. Over time, I realize I was very young and I had placed my beloved on too high of a pedestal perhaps. It might have been an innocent kiss and he very well may have been an honest and trustworthy person. I would now recognize that everyone makes mistakes and would probably be in more of a place to forgive him. However, it is still very important to me that trust, honesty, and fidelity in a relationship are sound.
The quality of responsibility is something I find couples must purposeful and concisely discuss and plan to have a successful relationship. I know this because a major source of conflict in my parentsÆ relationship stems from the fact that my father has gender-role expectations of women and the tasks they are to perform. My father worked hard and did work around the house like mowing the lawn and fixing things when they broke. However, my mother worked part-time, raised my and my siblings, did all of the household chores, cooked, and served as taxi-cab for all of her childrenÆs transportation needs. My siblings and I noticed this division resulting in my motherÆs eventual exhaustion and lack of fulfillment. We approached my mother about communicating with our father. She did not believe he would change his expectations and told us she accepted her duties as a womanÆs lot in life. She told us we were worth it, though we didnÆt take much comfort from her explanations. Because of watching this conflict and inequitable distribution of responsibility in my parentsÆ relationship...