 The Dr. Rhoades Relationship Quiz
When a couple wants real answers about their
relationship, it's time to ask the tough questions.
Dr. Rhoades has provided a list of questions
to get you and your significant other started:
Are you and/or your partner guilty of:
- Not agreeing on how money
should be spent?
- Having different outside
interests and/or not spending recreational
time together?
- Not being on the same
page about how to show affection and how
important
touching and kissing
is to each other?
- Having friends that one
or the other does not like or is even offended
by them or their behavior?
- Letting one person dictate
the style or frequency of the sexual
interaction?
- Putting relationships
with members of their own family above the
relationship of the partner?
- Getting into arguments
and then making statements about
each other
that hit
below the belt?
- Keeping important information
from your partner (i.e. secrets)?
- Making decisions that
you know are in direct opposition
to the
goals and
desires of your partner?
- Expecting each other
to perform household
chores based on the
gender of the person
doing those
chores?
- Making career choices
that will force your
partner to
put their
own career
desires on hold
or give those desires
up completely?
- Being unable to laugh
with each other about
the daily
mishaps in
life, instead
using humor
in a cruel way?
- Having different
ideas about having
children
or how to raise
them?
- Using alcohol
or prescription
medication
to excess
even after your
partner has expressed
concern about
the amount and the
way
you are
using them?
- Fighting openly
with another
person besides
your partner
or ignoring
your partner
at
a social gathering?
- Having the
desire and
the need
to change the
other "for
the better" (in
your opinion)?
If you answered “yes” to one or
more of the above questions, it may be time
to sit
down and address the issue rather than letting
it fester. These issues are common and it is
completely normal to experience these problems.
The key is to talk about them and establish
an open line of communication and understanding.
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