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The relationships we have with others are the most important things we can be a part of. Relationships are what keep us going, what give us energy. We pour an incredible amount of time and energy into the relationships with the people we care most about, often times at the expense of ourselves. Why do we do this? Humans are social beings, and we are dependant on our relationships with other people. Without these relationships life would lose some of its meaning and passion. There are many stages a relationship can be in, from the first stage of initiating to the last stage of terminating. In this paper I am going to look at a relationship I have with a girl I met at school last year when I was at Westmont College. Her name in Jennifer and I’ve known her now for about two years. We are friends who have discussed the possibility of moving the relationship to more than a friendship but so far nothing has happened with that. I would say the current status of the relationship is that of close friends. The relational stage that I feel best fits my relationship with Jen is the intensifying stage. We have moved past being dependant on just verbal communication and frequently use less direct methods of communication. During the school