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Relationships, Relationships, Relationships. Why do we get into relationships? Circumstance Choice Convenience Appearance Similarity Complimentarity Reciprocity.

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1 Relationships, Relationships, Relationships

2 Why do we get into relationships? Circumstance Choice Convenience Appearance Similarity Complimentarity Reciprocity Competency Proximity Disclosure (204) Power Intimacy (189)

3 Mark Knapp—The Process of a Relationship (Page 194) Initiating Experimenting Integrating Intensifying Bonding Differentiating Circumscribing Stagnation Avoiding Terminating

4 “Come HERE, Go AWAY”: Dialectical Tensions Integration vs. separation. Stability vs. change. Predictability vs. novelty. Expression vs. privacy. Conventionality vs. uniqueness. All starting on page 198.

5 Can it Work? Relationships are constantly changing. Relationships are made up of two individuals. Movement is always to a new place…either ______ or ______. Communication is KEY!

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