Consider the opening story of the chapter. Reflecting on the information presented, respond to the following two questions and relate them to the chapter content.

1		Identify at least two dialectic tensions that the story of Eleanor Robertson and Jeff Meadows illustrates. Describe the communication behaviors that reflect these tensions. Do Eleanor and Jeff use the coping strategies discussed in the chapter? Explain how they do so or what they do instead.
2		Does Relational Dialectics Theory help explain the relationship between Eleanor and Jeff? How? Do you think RDT does a better or worse job of explaining their relationship than the other theories in this section? What about prediction ability? What does RDT allow you to predict about Eleanor and Jeff's relationship? If your answer is "not much," what does that say about the theory?