Rigid Role Relations

I have personally been encountered with a situation alike with rigid complementary, symmetrical pattern and submissive symmetry in friendships and relationships in terms of who has the upper hand, who is right, who is wrong, who started it, etc. These are situations that everyone has been in one way or another. I think that the most difficult one to change would be the competitive symmetry only because competition always seems to get in the way of anything and everything. This would be most difficult because one person believes their way is the only correct way and that nothing else is better however, on the other hand the other person believes the same way. This tends to become a messy situation and only complicates relationships and the communication between them. When 2 people are in competition, they communicate ineffectively and create more tension that soon becomes full of unnecessary patterns. The most damaging to a relationship would be the competitive symmetry once again, only because if two people are supposed to be on the same track and working together, then the competition will destroy the main essence of this relationship. Although rigid complementary and submissive symmetry is difficult, it is still manageable and adjustable for the relationship to make changes and work it out. The self-esteem would be destroyed more so in the rigid complementary because "problems can occur and the people can become trapped. When the submissive person begins to resent always giving in or when the dominant partner begins to tire of being in charge, dissatisfaction can occur." If this happens, the self esteem is damaged and it is harder to get out of.