Knapp's relationship theory

I found Knapp’s relationship model to be the most interesting concept.  I found the stages in coming together and coming apart to be accurate, and made a lot of sense to me. The most interesting stage and what I believe to be one of the most important is the integrating stage. While we participate in this process we are starting to recognize the loss of being a total person, this can be either welcoming or upsetting as stated in the book. That is why I believe this stage to be the most crucial for relationships. It’s really the stage when two become one together, and identify themselves as a couple and one.  Interests and attitudes become shared, and the couple can experience moving towards similar ways. For this stage to not work as well, I believe insecurity plays huge role and the question of what the other partner may be thinking. I really felt that I learned from this concept as well as related to it so that is why it stood out to me the most.