Case Study Of Cady And Martin

Relationship Quality Analysis of Madeline & Martin In this case study we witness the dinner date of Maddy and Martin. The two are about to graduate from college and are engaged with each other. Throughout this date we see the two converse with each other. We also get multiple paragraphs of what they are each thinking. I believe in these short five pages we can identify what relationship types. Martin is a traditionalist this is shown by his more conventional ideals, his willingness to express his feeling and thoughts and his ability to tackle a conflict. Maddy on the other hand is a separatist, because her “radical” ideas, the lack of her wanting to express herself and avoiding conflict.
The case study starts off in Maddy’s (Madeline) thoughts. …show more content…
She starts talking about the wedding and how stressful it has been on the couple, causing a couple. She then admits that she hates conflict. This shows that that Maddy has a high conflict avoidance. Maddy goes on to think about Martin. She reveals that Martin seems so comfortable with expressing his emotion. She also tells us that he goes to his little brother’s baseball games and calls his sister once a week. Maddy says, “she had noticed open displays of affection and displeasure.” (5) This confession shows us that Martin has a low conflict avoidance and high interdependence in his other relationship as well. She also mentions that Martin has a knack of drawing disagreements and arguments out of her. So they could get it out on the table a talk about …show more content…
This creates a little skirmish between the two. After we get taken into Martin’s thoughts. We learn that Maddy not changing her name bothers him more then he would like to admit to her. He also thinks about how breaking this tradition will look to his family. The dialogue starts again and Maddy makes a case saying, “this isn’t about us… I simply want to keep my name because it represents who I am.” (6) This leads me to believe her interdependence is low because she wants to keep her self-identity separate from Martins. Later in this dialogue Maddy mentions that Martin could even take her last name this truly show how low her conventional ideologies are. This idea runs opposite of all conventional ideas. The last part of this case study takes you back into the mind of Martin. We find out that he took a gender and communication class. In the class they had discussed the same topic. He reveals that the he thought the girls in that class that wanted to keep their names seemed radical and it was hard for him to understand why they would want to do this. In conclusion, this couple is mixed relationship type. Maddy is separate type and Martin a traditional type. This is shown in the conventional ideals over their clash between whether Maddy should keep her name after marriage. However, Maddy being with Martin has strengthen her as an individual with interdependence, by allowing her to express