Opinions on relationships

Opinions on relationships

Taking turns sharing your opinions on topics from below and reacting to the other person’s opinions, trying to find opinions that you share.

• acquaintances
• adoption/ fostering (of orphans, of children in care, etc)
• (extramarital) affairs
• ancestors (great-grandparents, etc) – descendants (grandchildren, etc)
• birth control (the pill, abortions, etc)
• blended families (with half siblings, stepsiblings, etc)
• breaking up/ splitting up
• (drinking/ golf/…) buddies/ mates
• business contacts/ business relationships (networking, etc)
• (afterschool/ preschool/ paid/ unpaid) childcare/ looking after (small) children (babysitters, nannies, etc)
• childless couples
• civil partnerships
• classroom relationships (classmates, friends from school, fellow graduates, old school tie, etc)
• (blind/ group/ double/ first/ dream/ nightmare/ speed) dates/ dating
• dating apps
• divorce/ separation
• exes (ex-wives, ex-boyfriends, etc)
• extended families (cousins, great-grandparents, etc)
• family firms
• (best/ good/ male and female/ old/ online/ close) friends/ friendships
• friendliness/ sociability – shyness/ unsociability
• getting together as a family (family celebrations, etc)
• (the importance of) having things in common
• (single member/ multigenerational/ nuclear) households
• housemates/ flatmates/ roommates
• inheritance
• in-laws (relationships with mothers-in-law, etc)
• jealousy
• keeping in touch (= staying in contact) – losing touch/ losing contact
• leaving home
• LGBTQI+ relationships
• living together (before marriage)
• long-lasting relationships
• (true) love (at first sight) – crushes/ infatuations
• marriage (agencies/ equality)
• (gay/ arranged/ long/ second) marriages
• married life
• maternity leave/ paternity leave
• mentors/ mentorship
• middle children
• Mother’s Day
• mums and dads/ parenting (helicopter parents, joint custody, tiger mothers, etc)
• (nosy) neighbours
• oldest children/ big brothers and sisters – youngest children/ baby brothers and sisters
• (spoilt) only children
• open relationships/ open marriages
• (old/ getting on with/ taking after) parents
• pets
• polygamy
• (fancy/ romantic/ public/ filmed) proposals
• settling down
• sex education (in schools)
• sexual harassment/ unwanted attention
• social networks
• subsidies for families/ for people with children
• (un)successful marriages/ relationships
• teenagers/ teenage children
• Valentine’s Day
• wedding (rings/ vows/ ceremonies/ receptions)
• (expense of/ location of/ guests at/ religious/ secular/ shotgun/ white) weddings
• workplace relationships (workmates, friends at work, senior members of staff, etc)

Tell the class some opinions that you agree on and see if they agree.

Ask about vocabulary above that you don’t understand, couldn’t make opinions on, etc, working together to make possible opinions each time.