ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on practical strategies to becoming a more cooperative and less controlling partner. It presents some exercises and stories related to partnership, which helps men understand the value of partnership and the differences between negotiation done at work and negotiation at home. The chapter also provides exercises devoted to money, because money was a popular device of conflict and control for a majority of men. Learning new ways of forming an equal relationship with partner, free from abuse and control, can help partner feel respected and valued within the relationship. When planning to form a partnership, there are many topics, values, and issues to consider. Men and women list "money concerns" as being a high problem area in relationships. In relationships with domestic violence and controlling behaviors, money can be used as a means to control another person.
