Relational dialectics, introduced by Leslie Baxter and Barbera Matgomery, is a concept focusing on the contradictions in a relationship. It illustrates how two people with varying differences maintain a relationship. The functions of a relationship are when two people from different backgrounds come together to share goals and intimacy to form a stronger bond. However, pressures from outside interferences and personal identity may play a huge toll on the relationship structure. The common dialectics that fall under this theory are openness and closeness, certainty and uncertainty, and connectedness and separateness. These three dialectics help maintain a healthy relationship, but too much of each can result in tension and constrictions between
