Family Interview

For my family interview I decided to interview a couple friend of mine who has only been married for one year. Through their interview I really wanted to know what it was like for them to be newlyweds and some of the struggles that they have gone through adjusting to married life. My couple was also unique from some newlywed couples, because just recently they found out that they were going to be having a baby. With the news of the new baby I also wanted to know if there as some anxiety about becoming new parents. I feel that through my interview I really found out a lot about their relationship and how it functions. One of the main things that my couple dealt with was trouble with the in-laws. This is not uncommon in relation to newlywed relationships, however, with my couple it seemed to be one of the only things that they really disagreed about. My friend really had a hard time with her husband's mother always wanting to be around them all the time. She would often come to blows with her husband about standing up to his mother and telling her that she can't be around them all the time. Her husband had a really hard time with this for he felt that he would be hurting his mother's feelings. In this circumstance I really felt that the couple was getting into a routine of how they fight and concentrated more on the context of their arguments instead of the function. I feel that this is the case in many marriages and in a professional setting I feel that this is one of the main issues that I would work with my couple on. Maybe if they had a new way of going about their arguments they could come to a solution that they both agree on.