Read the passage below and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Then “submit” your work.
You and your romantic partner, Peyton, have been together for three years and have supported each other through many ups and downs, particularly in your professional lives. Both of you have successful careers and have made sacrifices to help each other achieve personal and professional goals. Most recently, the two of you moved from Saint Louis to Washington, D.C., so that Peyton could accept a promotion with a large financial investment firm. Because you are able to work from a home office, you agreed to the move and were happy for Peyton. But it has been difficult: Peyton works long hours, and your entire family and most of your close friends are still in Saint Louis.
Peyton comes home early one afternoon to announce that the investment firm has offered another promotion, but the position requires travel from Monday to Friday two weeks out of the month. Peyton clearly feels good about this and talks excitedly about the increase in status and in pay. Your immediate reaction is one of anger. You value harmony in your home and your relationships, and you value time spent with your partner. You believe that you are a flexible, reasonable person who appreciates joint decision making. You are hurt and cannot understand why Peyton seems to discount these aspects of your self-concept.
You are upset by the different ways that you and Peyton perceive the situation and the ensuing communication difficulties.