around half of the marriages in the U.S. end in divorce.However, if a couple chooses to remain together, they should learn about the different stages of a relationship, so they know what to expect.
Below, we’ll go over them in more detail.While different relationship stage theories exist, we will focus on the one by Dr. Mark Knapp, a renowned professor at the University of Texas.
He studied patterns in relationships and was considered an expert in nonverbal communication research. While his model assumes that all relationships will eventually end, as evidenced by the coming apart phases, not all relationships will follow this pattern.With that said, he came up with ten different stages, broken up into two phases: the coming together and.
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