Relationships

 

    

https://www.communicationtheory.org/knapps-relationship-model/

 According to Mark Knapp, all relationships are divided into ten different stages, five constructive (Initiating, Experimenting, Intensifying, Integrating, and Bonding) and five destructive (Differentiating, Circumscribing, Stagnating, Avoidance, and Termination) To help put this model of his to the test, I will be using my relationship with my two best friends, Morgan and Kyle Z, (also simply known as Z.)

    I met Morgan and Z when we were all in Middle School together.  Up until that point, I didn't really have a lot of luck in terms of social interaction.  But fortunately for me, Morgan and Z weren't exactly much of being social butterflies either, as we were all in a program for individuals who struggled in that department.  The three of us had nearly every class and often had group assignments together.  Through all of it, we realized we all had a lot in common and through initiations provided to us in the form of school, we slowly became inseparable.  

  

    Even after the three of us completed high school, we remain close to this very day.  We have our own issues, from college, to parenting, to work, etc.  But through bonding, we manage to get through everyday by communicating and building each other up.