The Real World: How Long Distance Couples Break Off

Getting the family together for the holidays may be a little harder when they are 1000 miles apart. Perry Patetic in his passage, claims that it is too easy to move away from the friends and family of our past, this creates a loss in friendship and or relationships. Patetic supports his argument by first explaining why people are able to move so far away. He continues by comparing the differences between a close relationship to a long distance relationship. The authors purpose is to point-out the struggle of a long distance relationship in order to change one’s opinion on the topic. The author displays a sincere tone for the newer generation.

Are we spreading ourselves too thin among our “weak ties,” leaving us with fewer close relationships?

“…the social network we find ourselves in plays an important role in the continuation of a relationship. It is important to understand the relationship between the couple and their social world”

information, exchanging advice, and making decisions. This article is fairly effective. It uses both pathos

For instance, many families are forced to travel great distances in order to visit grandparents, siblings, etc. and sometimes it is only once every few years that they come in contact with one another. Situations like this may offer some validity to the author’s argument in the fact that if they lived closer together the families would stay in closer contact. Although they may live far apart, the distance between people does not keep them apart, especially in modern times when it is just as easy to travel to family as it is to move away. I have family that lives in Arizona and although we are separated by hundreds of miles we are still able to visit one another a few times a year because of modern technology making it so easy. Although present-day mobility can cause people to only stay in touch a few times out of the year the connections are not lost due to the ability to travel and see those have moved far

I used the song “Mary’s Song” by Taylor swift to represent the concept of proximity. In this song Taylor she shares a story of two young children who grew up together in a small town. They have spent many nights together playing until she turned sixteen and the two started dating. Taylor sings,” And our daddies used to joke about the two of us/They never believed we'd really fall in love” (Taylor Swift 2006). The two ended up getting married and growing old in their small hometown. This song represents the idea of proximity because the two lived in the same small town where they shared similar childhoods. If they did not live in this small town the chances of the two meeting would be very slim. Taylor also touches on mere-exposure effect as

In the book Influencer, propinquity is defined as “physical proximity” (2013, p. 267). The text then explains “how it affects our behaviors and relationships” (2013, p. 267). It discusses how the actual distance between colleagues affect not only their ability to work with another but their willingness. The book suggests the “everyone suffers from the negative effects of space and distance” (2013, p. 268). I would agree with this perspective. On our base my job requires me to coordinated vehicle use and maintenance with multiple shops. The more I am able to get out and get come to know the person I am working with, I find they are more willing to work with me. We build a sense of comfort ability and trust with another that allow us to more

Alyssa, I also found this theory interesting and chose to talk about it because from my perspective believe that it is true. Like you said we grow apart from people and distance can make a difference so that is why when we are in need of attention we don't reach out to them but instead go to someone that is closer to us. For example if we make a new friend and need attention we wont go all the way back to our old town to reach out to our family but instead will go to the new friend we made. It is all about who is closer to us and who is there when we need

The dysfunctional relationship between sethe and her family, resembles the chaos that slavery have caused. This is stated as throughout the whole book, bad memories and past plays as a motif as it is repeated that Sethe’s 2 sons ran away and that she killed her own baby. This motif is used to convey the theme of inescapable suffering even after they were released from being oppressed slaves. Moreover slavery have caused a major turbulence in the familial love as sethe states “i did it, so she doesn’t have to go through what I went through”. This was Sethe’s reasoning to killing her own baby daughter during slavery times. Hence this is what caused the house of 124 to be haunted by this child’s soul. Furthermore Toni Morrison uses a brutal

As a result, of feeling powerless this same study states that the victim will in turn have unusual and dysfunctional need to control or dominate. Mary tends to “I pretend like it never [sexual abuse] never happened” to avoid feeling. When she does feel Mary feels powerless and not in control of the situation. When Mary disclosed the sexual abuse to her current partner he reacted with empathy and offered to talk about it further if she felt it necessary. Mary reacted with “I told him that it’s been such a long time that I didn’t need anything”. According, to research “men felt incapable to resolve the problem occurring in their relationships no matter what they did” (Garrison & Sims, 2014). The partners also reported receiving mixed signals

Isolation will be affected for life, often in every relationship they establish. I personally grew up with several great examples of this, including myself. The prime suspect to study is my father. He has a severe imbalance of isolation compared to intimacy. In turn he reflects that in every relationship present in his life.

Proximity or being close to a person has a big influence on our choice of friends or romantic partners, previous research suggests that the

Like I said before I had stronger relationships with those who lived closer to me freshmen year. The distance between my other friends played a huge role in our friendship. I believe the same can be said for romantic relationships. It is hard to get to know someone if they aren’t accessible. I know with today’s technology it is easy to stay connected with anyone anywhere, but it is not the same as having an in person relationship with someone. If a person is too far away to build a relationship with that could be extremely costly to the relationship. The reward may not be great enough for it to continue. It can also be unattractive if the person is inaccessible. I think of trying to make plans with someone, yet they keep cancelling. This to me would make the person extremely unattractive. It would be too costly for me to begin a relationship with them. Overall I feel that a personals personal qualities play a huge role in attraction. If these qualities are rewarding it can make the person extremely

Distance is one of the major factors in attraction. For example, in the first day of high school, we are more likely to befriend the people who sit close to us than with those who sit 3 or 4 chairs away from us.

long distance relationship. However he dated other women while living in Utah. Bundy tried again to go to the University of Utah law school but he found the courses to hard and the other students did not seem to have a problem. Bundy was disappointed with this turn of events. Than a string of murders started to happen in Utah. In September, Bundy raped and killed a hick hiker who was never identified or found but Bundy had pictures of her dismembered body at his apartment. In October Bundy killed his second victim in the Utah area. Nancy Wilcox (16 year old). Her body as well has never been found but Bundy claimed it was a accident that he did not mean to strangle her. Bundy had just planned on raping her but he got carried away. October18th Melissa Smith (17 Years old) disappeared her naked body was found nine days later. October 31st Laura Ann Aime (17 year old) her naked body was found almost a month later. Both women were beaten, rapes, sodomized and strangled with nylon stockings. He started to clean up the victims after they were dead.