The Daily Relationship Guide

A relationship can be defined as an emotional connection between two people. These are ongoing processes that require facilitation all throughout the duration of the relationship. When you stop doing the necessary things to maintain a healthy relationship, eventually it will die. Instead of doing one big nice thing once in a while, try doing little things every day. We offer this proposal to help with the every day to day activities; a two week long exercise with something new to do everyday. Eventually, if a person does something long enough, then it will become habit. The goal is to get you in the habit of showing love and support to your significant other everyday and not just on special occasions such as birthdays or holidays.

If you are interested in persuing this, you can take the "Love Dare" at the following site: http://www.familylife.com/site/c.dnJHKLNnFoG/b.4844737/k.9A2/40day_Love_Dare_Challenge.htm

Interview with Michael & Colleen

Relationships Come in all Forms

Stages 6-10: The Downside of Relationships Selected Interviews

Stages 1-5 Comedy Vide

Team Intro

What are the stages of relationship development?

Relationships take many forms. It's likely that you interact with hundreds to thousands of people on a weekly basis, all of which would be considered "a relationship." Webster's Dictionary defines a relationship as:

re⋅la⋅tion⋅ship

–noun

1.	a connection, association, or involvement.

2.	connection between persons by blood or marriage.

3.	an emotional or other connection between people: the relationship between teachers and students.

4.	a sexual involvement; affair.

According to Earnheardt and O'Neill in The Modern Communicator, "many of our relationships are based on need, and last only for a specific encounter". However, there are a few relationships in which you're a part of that last longer. These relationships go through stages.

Knapp (1978) and Knapp and Vangelisti (2000) proposed a two-part model for relationship development.

Works Cited
Earnheardt, A. & O'Neill, D. (2009). The Modern Communicator.

Knapp, M. L. (1978). Social intercourse: From greeting to goodbye. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Knapp, M. L., & Vangelisti, A. L. (2000). Interpersonal communication and human relationships
(4th ed.). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.