Rigid Role Relations

All of these patterns would be hard to change and all could be potentially damaging to a relationship. I do think out of the three the most difficult to change would be rigid complimentary. I think it would be hard for one of the parties to give up control and it would be hard for the other party to start taking control. Then what happens is the parties are so fed up with it all that they end up resenting one another. I think having a submissive symmetry is a terrible way to have a relationship. It is great when you can both respect one another, but the inability for either person to make decisions just sounds frustrating. Also when a person is submissive all the time and they finally blow up it can get ugly. I had a friend with a submissive attitude and one day she went crazy and it was very damaging to a lot of friendships. As far as the most damage potential to the self-esteem I think it would be competitive symmetry. The book says in athletic training this could be a good thing. But I think in the terms of a relationship it can lead to an abusive relationship. If both parties are constantly competing it can take a lot out of a person. Then if one of the parties becomes submissive because they do not want to compete anymore it can lead to the competitive nature of the other party to start becoming abusive. All of these rigid role relations seem to fit into all three of the questions. I think that I could have switched around all of the answers and would have been able to write about the negative affects of all of them.