00:01 [ONSCREEN] Relational dialectics

00:06 [WOMAN sits on a couch by herself. MAN enters holding a present.]

00:08 [MAN spins the present around WOMAN's head and kneels down behind couch, giving her the present] MAN: Got you a little something.

00:10 WOMAN: I love presents!

00:12 MAN: But, before you look, you've got to promise me you'll tell me what you think.

00:16 WOMAN: Okay.

00:17 [WOMAN opens present, looks at it, and looks away, her face indicating displeasure with the present.]

00:21 MAN: Well? Come on, come on!

00:25 WOMAN: Well...it's perfect!

00:28 MAN: Yes! [MAN claps hands] That's what I thought.

00:31 [WOMAN's face clearly displays that she does not like present and did not tell MAN the truth.] MAN: Yeah! I'm good, huh?

00:33 [WOMAN nods half-heartedly to MAN]

00:36 [ONSCREEN] Relational dialectics: Opposing tensions between ourselves and our feelings towards others that exist in interpersonal relationships.