COUPLES RESPONSIBILITY GAME - PLAY AND OPEN CONVERSATIONS FOR A BETTER RELATIONSHIP

COUPLES RESPONSIBILITY GAME By Bill and Pam Farrell (Watch, then score)
Listen to the above podcast. Then Find below a list of life’s responsibilities. Kindly grade them separately. Give to your spouse to grade too. Then compare! For all issues, your grade should be either 1 or 2 or 3.
1.       = It is very important to me                2.   = It is important to me, though not a main focus
3.  = If it gets done, that’s fine. If it doesn’t, no sweats
Grade	Life Responsibilities
	Being in good physical shape
	Having a neat, clean home
	Having your family finances in order
	Maintaining correspondence
	Having your family finances in order
	Having time with your children (like overseeing homework, team parent, etc.)
	Having fun as a family (like trips, vacations, kick around time)
	Succeeding in your career
	Having a personal ministry/involvement in church
	Extracurricular activities (like community involvement, career enhancement)
	Having a nice car(s)
	Furthering your education
	Achieving more financial success
	Time alone
	Time with God
	Time with mate (talking, relating non-sexually)
	Time for a hobby
	Other ________________________________________________________
Couples should score differently. After scoring, compare your grades with your spouses’
A.  Which things are ranked the same? You are less likely to argue over those areas.
B.  Which areas have the greatest differences? (Like yours is a 1 and your spouse’s a 3). You’ll have to negotiate in these areas. They are HOT SPOTS!
In negotiating, keep in mind that you don’t have to do all those responsibilities. Some can be delegated to house helps/keepers; your children can also do some so they can grow into responsible adults. But you’ll need to supervise them. If you will, please put down a comment on the comments section.  Send us a mail - familycolors@yahoo.co.uk Follow us on twitter - @familycolors1 Like our page on facebook - familycolors