My Relationship

People are brought together and are connected by forming relationships throughout their lives. Some relationships are important, and others not so much. One of the reasons why relationships are fragile is because they take years and years to build a trusting bond, but only takes a mere second to go to ruin because of a simple mistake. In life, I have learned that the only relationships that are worth keeping are the ones that do not constantly make you walk on eggshells.

What does relationship really mean? Relationship mean the way in which two or more concepts, objects, or people are connected, or the state of being connected. The meaning of a good relationship is presented In the Book Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck. There are two characters named George and Lennie these characters both have a strong relationship with each other, George and Lennie are best friends and have been traveling with each other their entire life. Both George and Lennie have to rely on each other to get through anything in their way to keep their relationship strong. Yet this type of relationship could also be found in the Novel Romeo And Juliet. Romeo And Juliet is a novel about two teenagers that have a deep love for each

Romantic love is the easiest love to identify with. It’s a relationship between two unrelated people that have an intimate connection comprised of different elements. Romantic love is made up of trust, time, communication, sacrifice and all these things require work and

It is often said that all good things come to an end. Relationships come and go, and some mean more than others. In fact, there was even a relationship model developed by a communication researcher by the name of Mark Knapp. In his model, he goes through what seems to be presented as a smooth step transition from each stage in which a relationship eventually evolves into. As I studied this up then down ladder model, I began to realize that I ought to build up some strong calf muscles, because my relationship sure has climbed up and down a few flights of stairs. Mark Knapp believes that relationships go through multiple stages, the uphill stages being initiation, experimenting, intensifying, integrating, bonding, then relational maintenance. On the flip side, Knapp believes the descending stages to be differentiating, circumscribing, avoiding, and eventually, termination.

Although many books have been written about communication and connection in relationships, there has been a book that addresses precisely this wonderful process as has James C. Petersen in his book: Why Don’t We Listen Better? And it is precisely the way in which the parts he divided the book that takes the reader to a better understanding of what the personal relationships connections through communications are concerned.

Relationships are hard and can be very painful sometimes. But, why? Are we just unlucky when it comes to making relationships? Or is the second party of the relationship at fault? Dr. Gary Smalley remarkably explains key concepts that could solve many relationship issues in his book The DNA of Relationships.

Despite the connotation the word ‘relationship’ provides (usually a positive connotation), not all characters are involved in a healthy, strong relationship. Furthermore, not all relationships are romantic. Friendship among characters can be just as strong as romantic relationships.

Relationships are affected by collections of “whys”. There is each person, and their own particular “whys” that come from their own personality in some way. Then there are the “togetherness whys” that come from the unity of the relationship that seem to sort of merge or correspond with each person in a more fluid

The second half of the relational model is called the “coming apart” stages, which consists of: differentiating, circumscribing, stagnating, avoiding, and lastly terminating. During the differentiating stage the relationship will start to be more individual, it will start to fade and the bond will be broken. After that comes the circumscribing stage during which the individuals won’t communicate because of the fear of starting an argument. The stage where relationships never improve or continue is called stagnating. After this point the individuals enter the avoiding stage, where the avoid any physical contact

The best things about any relationship are the rewards that make the relationship special and meaningful between both parties. Throughout my lifetime I never had many friends, let alone people I willingly spent time with except for my mother. The relationship between my mother and myself sees far more rewards than costs. With a relationship like that,

True romantic love is never codependent, excessively depending on a partner for fulfillment, but instead it consists of maintaining individuality while growing together, choosing to love one’s partner unconditionally, and making compromises that one another.

A relationship that I have with someone would have to be with my dad. My dad has always been a big influence on me and the things I do. He’s an airline pilot which means his job can be very stressful due to the fact that the lives of many people are in your hands. My dad always tries to keep a positive attitude on things no matter what the situation is and always believes that things can be fixed even if they don’t seem to be fixable. He always asks me if I have homework and how are my grades almost every single day and I use to think it was quite annoying but the more and more I’ve grown I realize it’s just because he cares and wants me to do my best at everything I do.

Hi, I’m Margaret. I’m 15 years old and I love nature. How did I come to love nature, you might ask? Well, let me tell you. As an infant, I grew up differently from other kids. Most of it was due to the complications I had at birth. The day after I was born, I was flown in a helicopter to another hospital to be operated on. While my dad was able to drive to where I was, it didn’t make sense for my mom wasn’t as quite able to leave immediately. After all, she just had me. Nevertheless, she refused to lie in that hospital bed while I was in an operation room 50 miles away. And so, just as you probably expected, she ignored all the doctors and came straight to the hospital where I was. As these events unfolded, my two older sisters had to go with strangers they had never met. After many surgeries, it would seem that I was almost back to normal. However, the surgeries were only half of the problems I had as an infant. A few weeks after these events, I started to have colic. For those who don’t know, colic is a very painful intestinal condition that is commonly found in young babies. For months, I would cry for hours on end. My parents just couldn’t figure out how to make me happy again. All of this changed, however, when one day my dad took me outside. Within a few minutes, my tomato red face faded, and my crying ceased. I was content once more! And from that day forward, that peace in nature has tagged along with me and remains to this day. No matter what day of the year, if you

A personal relationship I hold dear to my heart is with me, myself and I. This is a relationship I have given everything to, a relationship I have fought for time and time again. I have had to deal with the lies of my brain and the foolishness of my heart. There was a time I didn't understand myself, because of this misunderstanding I decided it was easier to hate myself in that moment. I can say that I have come so far from that in the past year and a half. Becoming more in tune with myself and learning to love me in a healthy way. This is my journey to finding myself.

Our relationship is successful because we use the relational maintenance strategies of recognition and acceptance to sustain our relationship. Even