Mark .l Knapp is a theorist who proposed the model which explains development of relationships, how it last and end. “According to Knapp and Vangelisti (2005), movement through the stages is systematic and sequential because progression through the stages is dependent on the groundwork prepared in the previous stage”. The development of rekationships happens through the stages and some of it can be skipped. The stages are following: Initating; Experimenting; Intesfifaying; Integrating; Bonging. Coming apart is the following: Terminating; Avoididng; Stagnating; Circumscribing; Defferentiating. In my essay I will make an analisis of romantic relationships between me and my husband. Mark Knapp’s theory will help me to clarify what stages we have
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We started as a friends both seeking for friendship and reaching to each other, lonely in Japan. I can say that I was the one who need help more as I just have arrived on the island, it was tough and that time I did not want to be involved in romantic relationships. It was stage of Experementing which have grown into something more as our trust to each other has exstended – Intestifying stage. Based on Knapp’s theory I made a conclusion that we have missed Integrating step of relationships as both our families are far away and there was little information to share with them and between each other. Bonidng stage we intered when he moved to my apartment, after sometime we decided to marry and move to a bigger place together. I can say that Integradng have started after Bonding stage when we truly decided to share more information about our families. Main step was when my husband made a decicion to meet with my family. “Movement always takes two people to a new place in their relationship” (Knapp & Vangelisti, 2005). I and my husband are young couplr and it took two of us to be together; without his support I would not be able to manage many things and I think he feels same towards me; we are team and we have came through all the stages …show more content…
Baxter’s theory introduces the consept where a conflict could be increasing once people are becomening closer to one another. There are primaru relational dialetics, which are: Connection vs. autonomy; Predictability vs. novelty; Openness vs. privacy. Based on two these dialects I will analyze my and my husband’s relationships.
It is natural decire from a person to spenf more time with his/her lover when involved in romantic relationships. I believe that there should be time for couple to spend it apart. In my and my husband’s relationships it happens naturally: we could both pick our work schedule and made it the way where each from us could spend day alone while a parner is at work. I consider it as mature decicion – be both know that there is some tension which could increase if we would not spend some time apart, so we made it work this
We started as a friends both seeking for friendship and reaching to each other, lonely in Japan. I can say that I was the one who need help more as I just have arrived on the island, it was tough and that time I did not want to be involved in romantic relationships. It was stage of Experementing which have grown into something more as our trust to each other has exstended – Intestifying stage. Based on Knapp’s theory I made a conclusion that we have missed Integrating step of relationships as both our families are far away and there was little information to share with them and between each other. Bonidng stage we intered when he moved to my apartment, after sometime we decided to marry and move to a bigger place together. I can say that Integradng have started after Bonding stage when we truly decided to share more information about our families. Main step was when my husband made a decicion to meet with my family. “Movement always takes two people to a new place in their relationship” (Knapp & Vangelisti, 2005). I and my husband are young couplr and it took two of us to be together; without his support I would not be able to manage many things and I think he feels same towards me; we are team and we have came through all the stages …show more content…
Baxter’s theory introduces the consept where a conflict could be increasing once people are becomening closer to one another. There are primaru relational dialetics, which are: Connection vs. autonomy; Predictability vs. novelty; Openness vs. privacy. Based on two these dialects I will analyze my and my husband’s relationships.
It is natural decire from a person to spenf more time with his/her lover when involved in romantic relationships. I believe that there should be time for couple to spend it apart. In my and my husband’s relationships it happens naturally: we could both pick our work schedule and made it the way where each from us could spend day alone while a parner is at work. I consider it as mature decicion – be both know that there is some tension which could increase if we would not spend some time apart, so we made it work this