The Most Important Unit

 I loved what we talked about in this week's class. It was also refreshing to go back to the two classes per week schedule. One thing we discussed was fidelity in marriage. I loved this topic because our professor was so open about the dangers of infidelity and how it can impact a marriage. I am not really going to pull anything from the text but rather talk about the lessons I learned from my professor. I learned and understood that couples need to avoid having a couple of things. One of those things is "couple best friends". When couples begin to get too close to other couples they begin to become too comfortable. What might start off as an innocent hangout can turn into something far more dangerous? Another thing couples should avoid is sharing their marital issues with people who are not professionals in solving marriage problems. What I mean when I say that is that it is very vital that couples are able to work out their issues. But when a woman or man shares with an...

 I want to start this blog post off by saying I am thankful for those of you who read this. I know reading about family science isn't always the first thing you think of when you have a moment to spare. I promise that what I am writing will bless you and your family! Please feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments, I would love to hear about them. This week we learned about the transition into marriage. As someone who is not married yet I found a lot of this information to be helpful and it helped me be more excited for when that transition comes for me. From the discussions we had in class I realized 3 things. Marriage involves team decision-making. Second, an engagement is a great time to test a couple's ability to work as a team. Third, it is essential that the engagement process is a time of merging lives together and not simply living lives together.   Before I went to class I had to make a list of the types of challenges I would expect that a couple is likel...

At the beginning of the week we discussed dating and why people date and why some people date. I really loved the discussion that was in class and the insights that my teacher had to share about it. So for part of the blog post we will discuss that and then I want to expound on some stuff I found from the reading. Brother Williams is awesome, and he has a lot of insight regarding the family and uses research to help his students understand these relations better. He asked us good questions about why we date and why we don’t date. He talked about how during his young adult time dating was simply an outing and you went and go to know each other. But now we live in an a world where social expectations have changed drastically. And when you go on a date or even mention you have gone on a date their are some implications. Those implications might mean that you hooked up, or that you both already are dating steadily. When in reality dating should be an opportunity to get to know someone bett...

 For this weeks blog I want to talk about dating! This is a popular subject up here at BYU - Idaho. Sometimes it feels like everyone around you is dating. Part of our faith is being part of an eternal family and creating those families in this life. Part of creating those families is marriage and in order to get married you have to find the right person. But to find the right person one must get to know others and spend quality time with them. In my post today I will be talking about functions and patterns of dating. I will also discuss other aspects of dating.  One of the first sections of our text book for Family Relations is titled “What Attracts?”. this section discusses what it is that makes people attracted to their partner. The very most important factor i dating is physical appearance. The other similar factor is intelligence/ education, and being similar. The top two are attractiveness and similar ness. Those two things make sense to me because often couple look like ...