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| What is a Relationship Model? |
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You learn your relationship model within the family that you grew up in – your parents and siblings. It can also be learnt from grandparents or other relatives who lived with you during part of your childhood. These people have a strong influence on who you have become. In relationships we discover that our partner has also been influenced by his or her unique family patterns and has different ways of doing things. For instance, you may have come from a family that values a fanatically clean, neat house. Your partner, on the other hand, is very relaxed about clutter. There are a million of these differences, many minor, some big. You can and will argue about some of them, insisting that your way is the right way. It helps to pause and be aware of how both of you have been modelled by the past. Once you become aware of these family patterns you can change them. Exploring what you learned about life, love, and differences in your family can help you understand how these influence your current relationships – for better and for worse. |
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