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This 4 page paper discusses chapter 3 of Weiss's book "Marital Separation." Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Marital separation to see what he says about this question. Discussion He starts by saying that by the time the couple is ready to separate, all the love has usually
faded; mistrust has replaced trust; and affection may have been replaced by a need for revenge (Weiss, 1975). Despite this loss of affection, most couples remain bound to one another
emotionally, in spite of the bitterness that they may also experience. Weisss purpose in this chapter is to understand how such things can happen; that is, "Why, after all that
happened, with all the bitterness they feel, with so much of their love entirely gone, should a feeling of connection remain?" (Weiss, 1975, p. 36). The explanation for the connection,
Weiss says, may lie in the many different meanings that attach to the word "love," which he regards as the emotion we feel when "the accessibility of the other is
important to our well-being" and in addition, engenders feelings of "positive regard" (Weiss, 1975, p. 38). Among these positive feelings are idealization, trust, identification, complimentarity and attachment (Weiss, 1975).
"Idealization" is the act of "projecting onto the other some aspect of ones wished-for self" (Weiss, 1975, p. 38). That is, the partners see each other some quality they wish
to develop, so that associating with the other makes them feel better about themselves (Weiss, 1975). That is, they have endowed the other with specific qualities they may be lacking,
so that being with that person completes them in some way. Trust is self-explanatory: the each partner believes that the other is committed to the marriage (Weiss, 1975). This
commitment brings with it the feeling that whatever happens, the couple can now face it together; they will be able to stand more difficult things than they would if they
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