This week, Amy brings up an older movie, “War of the Roses” as an example of relatability to a situation that couples might find themselves in. To see art imitate life can sometimes be kind of funny, but to some, it could be a glaring look at the reality of what life is like behind closed doors and the answers to why things are they way they are are painful and frustrating.
In the film, “War of the Roses”, it was meant to be a humorous and extreme look at how the decay of a relationship can lead to extreme and surreal vengeance between two people. If you have not seen it, it begins with smaller incidents of “picking” and by the end, monster trucks are involved if memory serves. In a real relationship, we’d all hope that extremes like that are never reached, but they really don’t have to be that extreme to be hurtful and impactful and sometimes, it can be smaller “digs” that are inserted to elicit a response.
This kind of behavior can be set in the earliest of childhood. Memories we can’t even recall set our inner pace at how to communicate and interact and if we grow up in surroundings that are less than conducive to open and honest communication, we’ll most likely reflect that in our relationships. When we get down the road a few years in those relationships and start to struggle with the nuances of how we cope with one another, there could very well be need for some help in how to effectively communicate and manage problems, and no, we’re not necessarily born with those skills.
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