Relationships

Part 1:Relationships

What is a relationship? And just what kind of relationship are you talking about?

Relationship: (ri lá shen ship´) n. 1. The quantity or status of being related;

connection. 2. Connection by blood, marriage..etc; kinship 3. A particular instance of

being related. (As stated in the Third Collegiate Edition of Webster?s Dictionary)

In most cases that definition does not clear anything but I put it there anyway that

way you can have the real definition versus mine. The relationship I?m going to be

talking about is the one that can exist between heterogeneous humans both male and

female. I?m, not talking about a connection by blood but rather a connection by a

commonality. A link between two people, so to speak. And how 2 people bond together

to stride towards a common goal. That common goal achieving a friendship,

girlfriend/boyfriend, husband/wife..etc.

First off, just how is a relationship formed? Well I have come up with a set of

stages explaining how two people co-exist together. There are 5 basic stages.

The first stage of a relationship is basically acknowledging a person. Knowing

that their a living, breathing mammal like yourself and they too have a purpose in this

world. Now you acknowledge them pretty much by finding out basic information. This

basic information being simple things like their name, gender, sharing a common place

with them (school, work for example) and their description (red hair, blue eyes, tall,

skinny..etc.).

The second stage is beginning socialization but in a casual sense. Talking to that

person only about things you 2 might share at a certain obstacle. Such as asking a person

for the homework you missed (?Study buddy?) or what did you miss at the meeting for

word last Friday. These brief conversations never exceed anything out of bounds. You

would never ask your ?study buddy? what their plans are for the weekend or anything to

that degree. Following these brief conversations you have, you start offering gestures.

You may notice yourself saying ?hi? to that person when you see them, a possible

handshake and saying ?bye.? In today?s society you might say the more common phrase

?what?s up?? (which basically means what?s new?, how are things?, what have you been

upto..etc.) and you?ll get the most likely response of ?nothing much? and you?ll be on

your merry way again.

The 3rd stage is actually becoming friends with that person. This means being an

active part in that person?s personal life. More socially. You start to learn their personal

side. This means learning things about them that you wouldn?t normally know from