Episode 73 – What Is Normal?

Co-Host: Scot and Emily McKay - X & Y Communications

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Every couple thinks and behaves differently. You’ve probably thought and behaved differently depending on who your significant other was at a particular time in history.

But for sure there are, well…’standards’ that tend to rule any polite, public conversation about how men and women typically are when they’re a couple, and what’s ‘normal’. So then, what IS ‘normal’? Is there really such a thing? And if so, is that really what’s BEST in a particular relationship…especially for YOU and your partner? After all, sometimes ‘normalcy’ is unhappy.

What kind of feelings should a couple have for each other? Can initial attraction and ‘chemistry’ possibly be a bad or dangerous thing, as some so-called experts say?

On the other hand, is there any merit to the idea of ‘learning to love each other’? And how do ‘normal’ couples behave? Is it healthy to ‘fight’, as some dating coaches have suggested? Or should you always be ‘shiny and happy’ instead? Surely, there has to be some middle ground, right?

And what about jealousy…how much of that is ‘normal’? Is total equality between men and women the new norm for most couples?

And what about sex? Does any idea of what’s ‘normal’ go completely out the window behind closed doors…or are most of us actually a lot more normal than we think we are?

The program on how to have a great long-term relationship is finally available. Find the men’s version, Get Together, Stay Together, at www.gettogetherstaytogether.com and the women’s version, My One & Only, at www.scotandemily.com