Relationship Stages

Relationships don’t just pop up out of nowhere. They’re begun, nurtured and maintained. The stages of a relationship are:

1. The Attraction Stage
2. The Adaptation Stage
3. The Courtship Stage
4. The Conflict Stage
5. The Responsibility Stage

Each of the stages offers a necessary aspect to every couple’s connection to each other. These stages shape the views of the couples regarding interpersonal relations and they decide how well the couple can handle their bond.

Couples must complete each stage in order for it to be an authentic relationship. You can’t go skipping cycles or it’s not a true relationship. Some couples may pass through the stages instantly, or they may linger on certain stages for a long time. It takes a different timetable for each couple to learn what they need to from each stage.

Couple can also move to and from stages but never quite get them right. Sadly, these stages are forever sabotaged.  In fact, a connection can happen with one stage with the couple deciding that there’s no reason to move to the rest of them. However, that gives them a bit of a stalled relationship and one that never fully develops.

All of the stages are important when it comes to enhancing the bond of the couple. They decide how long the connection will last as well as how strong it is. In addition, each of the stages brings useful things to the relationship. They shape the emotions of the couples as well as determine how mature it will be.

All aspects of the couple’s different personalities are uncovered through these stages. The process also molds the coping mechanisms of a couple at some point. These are the stages that continuously show couples that relationships are both pleasant as well as troublesome. Each stage can offer joy and pain while still allowing the couple to get something from a unique experience. Of course, it can be incredibly rewarding making up after an argument.

Every couple must pass successfully through each of the relationship stages before making a lifetime commitment to each other. If they want a chance at a successful marriage, they must make sure they’ve gone through each stage and learned everything they can from it. Every stage is a period of soul-searching that offers the couple a chance to think about whether the relationship is worth having or not.

Each stage can be significantly designed so that couples will know the consequences of their reactions to things in that stage. They also grant the couples a deeper awareness of strengths and weaknesses. Decision making abilities are also challenged. These stages show whether or not the responses of each partner are acceptable to the other.

Think of the relationship stages as a road map that couples can use while traveling to a more intimate and passionate connection.  This “roadmap” functions in much the same way as tour guides in guiding couples to a lasting connection. They keep couples aware that they must invest a lot of time, effort and even money to make relationships successful.