Personal Narrative-Strengthen Relationships

I have made many really good connections in my life with friends, family, and my current boyfriend. Having a specific connection in mind, many things led up to this. The first step is always me observing a person. This person in particular really had personality traits that I look for in being able to developing a good connection. They were positive, loyal, funny, and empathetic from what I saw with how they interacted with others around them. I am a very cautious person when it does come to relationships, since I have experience many disconnections, so I really analyze the situation before I go in. Usually once I feel safe enough to approach a person, I will go in and make the first move, but this person made the first move,

Countless individuals have found that their romantic relations have been more successful when they have developed a friendship with their companion. Laura VanderDrift from Purdue University, says, “Romantic relationships are, at their core, friendships” (Hodgekiss). Friendship is about supporting someone through thick and thin and attending events that are important to them. Friends are there to lend a helping hand or a shoulder to cry on in times of need. In addition to support, building a friendship with the partner could be the glue that holds the couple together. Lack of trust and communication could serve as the cause of a fallen out relationship. In a friendship both of the key traits are established making the success rate higher

Granovetter highlights weak ties by stating that weak ties are best when it comes to the collection of information and resources that do not fit your normal or desired behaviors. For example, if you wish to gain insight into new job opportunities you would go to your weak ties. This is because as your weak ties, these people are not obligated to tell you things that will reaffirm or make you feel good about your current standing in the world because they are not invested in to your personal feelings, only the matter at hand. Meaning that they do not see any double meanings in your questions as a strong tie would. To clarify when asked as person that is slightly removed from you immediate agents of socialization, weak ties offer an opinion they draw on their own contacts that will have little or no relation to yours and therefore

"Change is hard at first, messy in the middle, and gorgeous in the end," by Robin Sharma. In general, change is extremely difficult to deal with, especially when it's moving. During the Summer of 2013, as I approached my eleventh birthday, my parents notified me that I would be moving homes. I had heard of them discussing it before, but I never assumed it would ever come true. Due to this, I was in great shock. Luckily, I would be moving locally, and would be still attending the same school I had been attending since I was four years old. Though the only thing changing was my home, I still was not sold on the idea. I did not want to leave the house I had grown up in my whole life.

Enrolling in this class is particularly important as my communication with my five teenage children have taken a dramatic nosedive since their father and I divorced.

The sounds of sixteen children screaming and laughing. Paper money flying, the teacher making no effort to stop the commotion. Everyone smiling having a great time. Many teachers go by curriculum, but only a few take the curriculum to new places. Although some teachers have strict rules, my third grade teacher, Mrs. Rifenbark, was fun and creative, and she taught be many things that I would use for school years to come.

Before long, I’m forced to sound it out syllable by syllable: CUZ-AY-ME. I’m used to the countless re-introductions that I must make. By the third time that I have to re-explain my name, I usually resort to nicknames or settle for whatever comes out. As if three syllables was too much, I allow them to call me simply ‘Kaz’. It’s not that I have an aversion to the shortening; it’s just that I feel like they are missing the full picture. Dick can often more truthfully reveal the identity of Richard, or some girls can be Kate’s but not Katherine’s. Whatever the case, I associate most with

A considerable literature has grown up around the theme of weak ties during the past few decades. Society is constructed by social networks with great complexity. This inherent complexity comes from the dynamic interactions of people. The intensity of these interactions varies when concerning different people. Connections of close friends, families and neighbours are usually strong while those of acquaintances with few opportunities to see can be relatively weak. Large numbers of researches have been done to study strong or weak interpersonal relationships. However, no conclusive analysis has been done to link interpersonal

People in any sort of relationship tend to influence each other, share their personal thoughts and feelings, and engage in various activities together. Because of this interdependence, most

There are three kind of personal relationship. Family, friends, and partnerships, the concepts of “family” is one of the most insignificants discussion of relationships, although not all family are the same or shared the same connections as others, we all have different culture which some of us do things differently. The Bureau of the Census defines family as "two or more persons who are related by birth, marriage, or adoption and who live together as one household." There are many of us who have family that we don’t live with or have a connection with them. Some of us have close bond with our family members and some don’t due to many different factors such as experiences from the past, childhood memories and so on. With that being said, part of our personal relationships we have friends. Friendship is a tie between two or more people due to those individuals’ daily interactions and mutual experiences. And the reason, it is because we shared interests, we bond emotional, mentally, and we are able to count on that person in time of needs. In many friendships your best friend or friends become part of your family because of the bonds that you

I can say with certainty that after years of going through ups and downs together, supporting each other, and feeling each other's victories and pain, you develop a bond that can be as tight - and sometimes tighter - than with family.

Justin likes and dislikes to do many things. He is one that enjoys adventures. We spend quite a bit of time together which means we get to experience these adventures together. He likes to fish, go on boat rides, and ride four wheeler. He also likes to watch movies, relax, play video games, and eat my mother's food. According to him, she is an amazing cook. Over the years Justin has been through a lot with his family. Both his mother and father went to Hazelden to get treatment because of an alcohol addiction. This later resulted into Justin having a strong dislike of alcohol and the ways it affects people. He gets to be uncomfortable around people who drink because it brings back unwanted memories. One dislike/Pet Peeve of Justin's that is a really good quality to have is he hates to be late for something, for he would rather be an hour early than be five minutes late. Many of the things Justin enjoys makes him the reason I'm his best friend because I really like those qualities, and many of his

A grid of socially maintained relationships is a significant support source that is influential on an individual’s social action. (Christakis & Fowler, 2007)

Connections require work and will undoubtedly confront challenges vast and little. Basic, regular stressors can strain a cozy relationship, and significant wellsprings of stress may undermine the soundness of the relationship. For whatever length of time that each accomplice will address the current issue and take an interest in building up an answer, most relationship issues are reasonable, however when challenges are left unaddressed, pressure mounts, poor propensities create, and the wellbeing and life span of the relationship are in peril.

Over the years, the more I have worked in helping people, the more I see the need for toxic relational ties to be addressed. Not only are people struggling with certain bondages and strongholds, they also have deep relational ties with people, past and/or present that are keeping them tied to specific areas of bondage.