AP & PACC Literature & Composition

Difficulties in Relationships

• People lie


• Distance


• Lack of trust


• Differences in beliefs


• People cheat


• Differences in values


• People are controlled by their hormones


• Lack of respect


• Lack of communication


• Pride


• Selfishness


• Control issues


• Not willing to invest time


• No commitment


• Friend time


• Gender misunderstandings


• Jealousy


• Me-time


• High expectations


• Family time


• In it for the wrong reasons


• Some people are untrustworthy


• Different motivations


• Unwilling to take risks to trust


• Immature


• Don’t understand ourselves


• Drugs & alcohol


• Age differences


• Racial differences

• Family conflicts (families are enemies)


• One of them turns into an animal, fairy, etc. – the person we love changes for the worse, we lose the one we love (distance, death, etc.)


• One of them dies


• Different species


• Horrendous diseases


• Social/class conflict/war


• One of them is horribly disfigured


• One of them gets injured


• Betrayal


• Age differences


• Racial differences


• Unrequited love


• Insecurity


• Differences in beliefs (priest vs. witch)


• Already with someone else


• Love triangle


• Rivalry


• Obsession


• Mentally unstable (neurotic, psychotic)


• Forced separation


• Misunderstandings, mistaken assumptions


• Unrealistic expectations (not lived up to)

posted by Jeffrey @ Friday, September 09, 2005