5 Stages Of Growth & Decay In a Relationship Essay

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5 Stages of Growth & Decay in a Relationship Essay October 3, 2011 Gaining Through a Loss Throughout my life, I have gained an enormous amount of friends and with that, lost a ton as well, particularly more so recently. Whether at school, shows I’ve performed in, or randomly friending through FaceBook, I’ve met tons of different people who have all influenced my life in different ways, whether they be positive or negative. I hope to explore two relationships in particular that I see as influential in different ways. The first relationship I hope to talk about is the one with my friend Spencer. Spencer attended high school with me and we became good friends around my sophomore year, and since then we only started to grow as friends. The first stage of growth in a relationship is initiation. Spencer and I definitely started initiation when we were tiny little freshmen. We often had small conversations. We didn’t self-disclose any personal information but we always talked about whatever was on our mind at the time. The second stage of growth in a relationship is experimenting. Spencer and I started this around our sophomore year. I was the awkward kid for an extremely long time in my life, and that of course was applicable to school life. We were in the same after-school dance class and he was constantly talking to other people. There were only 3 kids in my grade that were in the class: me, my friend Spencer, and this other guy Patrick. Since I had developed a small relationship with Spencer, I tended to hang around him and talk with the people he was talking with. Eventually, Spencer and I started talking and making jokes about everything. He introduced me to music and videos that I had not been a fan of before and developed a small connection with me. My junior year was when we intensified the relationship, the third stage of growth in a relationship. My

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