Relationship analysis between roommates and other college students Human interaction is a set of complex verbal and nonverbal actions that help to understand the message being portrayed and how it’s being portrayed. This interaction differs with each individual and the power dynamic of the relationship. Us humans have a desire for a close complex interpersonal communication that satisfies many different traits and feelings such as emotional attachment, physical contact and love. I will use Knapp’s theory on Relational Development to explain each of these traits and feelings and how boundaries are determined by the relationship dynamic, whether it’s a family member, close friend, or a partner. People strive for interpersonal relationships because
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Vincent and I reached this stage the summer before sophomore year when we decided to room together. The first year of college, we both met socially at parties since we had different social groups. The start of my sophomore year, my family had moved to Houston and I was having problems adjusting to my new apartment. This was the first time; I had shared my troubles with him, and he could empathize and shared his troubles with me. He told me about how he had gotten mixed in with drugs, moved schools every year because of his mom and now, he’s having troubles with his dad. We both were capable of understand each other’s …show more content…
As we started to understand more and more about each other, I realized that our point of views is skewed. Which inevitably caused a feud one night, while we were doing homework. The conflict was that the TV was on and he was getting distracted, so instead of a compromise Vincent took an authoritative notion and completely shut off the TV. Which frustrated me, so I turned the show back on my laptop and turned the volume all the way up. To solve this conflict, he grabs me and pushes me into the wall. After the fact, he did apologize and we resolved the aftermath of the conflict. Ever since, we had a mutual understanding to speak about the problems to maintain a healthy relationship as roommates and good friends. Despite that, we slowly grew apart and currently in the circumscribing stage and keep the interaction to a minimum. As roommates, we don’t share many activities, occasionally play a game of 2k together. Our relationship is stagnant, and both restrain communication than to discuss the
Vincent and I reached this stage the summer before sophomore year when we decided to room together. The first year of college, we both met socially at parties since we had different social groups. The start of my sophomore year, my family had moved to Houston and I was having problems adjusting to my new apartment. This was the first time; I had shared my troubles with him, and he could empathize and shared his troubles with me. He told me about how he had gotten mixed in with drugs, moved schools every year because of his mom and now, he’s having troubles with his dad. We both were capable of understand each other’s …show more content…
As we started to understand more and more about each other, I realized that our point of views is skewed. Which inevitably caused a feud one night, while we were doing homework. The conflict was that the TV was on and he was getting distracted, so instead of a compromise Vincent took an authoritative notion and completely shut off the TV. Which frustrated me, so I turned the show back on my laptop and turned the volume all the way up. To solve this conflict, he grabs me and pushes me into the wall. After the fact, he did apologize and we resolved the aftermath of the conflict. Ever since, we had a mutual understanding to speak about the problems to maintain a healthy relationship as roommates and good friends. Despite that, we slowly grew apart and currently in the circumscribing stage and keep the interaction to a minimum. As roommates, we don’t share many activities, occasionally play a game of 2k together. Our relationship is stagnant, and both restrain communication than to discuss the