Harry And Sally's Journey Through Knapps Developmental Relationship Model

Love isn’t always easy and it doesn’t show any mercy. When Harry met Sally, he had a girlfriend but was moving to New York. He travelled 18 hours with his girlfriend's friend, Sally. And just like that they parted ways. After 12 long years they finally get what they want, a chance at love. Knapps developmental relationship model is broken down by 10 steps; 5 coming together and 5 coming apart. Harry and Sally go through Knapp’s relationship model without even knowing it, which brings them closer than ever. When Harry and Sally first met, they went through Knapp’s stage called initiating, otherwise known as making contact. They both were moving from Chicago, IL to New York City, New York and decided to ride together. The drive was long and boring but they had some fun along the way. Harry and Sally moved to the

All Harry kept thinking about was Sally and how she’s the one that he wants to be with. He raced over to the party where he knew Sally was but little did he know she was about to leave. As he got there he saw her walking out the door and grabbed her and kissed her. From there, their relationship went from avoiding each other to integrating and deciding they wanted to be together. Just 3 months later they got married and in Knapp’s developmental model this is the step called bonding and it's the final step of coming together. Knapp’s developmental relationship model is used everyday without us even knowing it. Harry and Sally used it for 12 years and they will probably use it for another 12 years. Everytime we argue with someone and start to distance ourselves from them we are in Knapp’s developmental stage called avoiding, or every time we initiate conversation with others we’re in Knapp’s first developmental stage called initiating. Think about the last time you first became friends with someone; did you guys start by saying hello and then talking about how your day