GladysВ McGeeВ InterpersonalВ PaperВ
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Interpersonal relationships are associations,  connections or affiliations between two or more people. (​
Levinger,  G.  (1983).  Development and change.  In H. H.  Kelley,  et al.  (Eds. ),  Close relationships.  (pp.  315–359).  New York:  W. They would.  Freeman and Company. ​ )​
ForВ thisВ paperВ theВ
interpersonalВ relationshipВ thatВ willВ discussedВ isВ betweenВ myВ fatherВ andВ I. В TheВ relationshipВ betweenВ myВ fatherВ andВ IВ wasВ neverВ aВ particularlyВ goodВ one. В TheВ relationshipВ wouldВ constantlyВ switchВ betweenВ theВ repairВ, В theВ stageВ whereВ youВ evaluateВ theВ relationshipВ andВ seekВ toВ fixВ theВ problem ​
(Devito 1993)​
and dissolution,  breaking up the relationship by one of the parties (​
Altman,  I.,  and Taylor,  D.  1973 ​
Social Penetration:  The​
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DevelopmentВ ofВ InterpersonalВ
Relationships. ​
New York:  Holt,  Rinehart and Winston. ​
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On the morning of July 13​
, В 2008, В myВ fatherВ wentВ intoВ surgeryВ atВ ParisВ RegionalВ MedicalВ
CenterВ toВ getВ hisВ tonsilsВ andВ adenoidsВ takenВ out. В IВ hadВ spokeВ toВ himВ theВ nightВ beforeВ onВ theВ phone, В reassuringВ himВ thatВ everythingВ wasВ goingВ toВ beВ fine, В hearingВ theВ worryВ inВ hisВ voiceВ whichВ IВ wasВ notВ usedВ toВ hearingВ consideringВ thatВ ourВ commutationВ wasВ usuallyВ keptВ toВ aВ minimalВ. В ItВ wasВ suchВ aВ simpleВ procedureВ andВ wouldВ beВ comingВ homeВ onlyВ aВ dayВ after. В LittleВ didВ IВ knowВ itВ wouldВ changeВ theВ restВ ofВ hisВ lifeВ andВ mineВ asВ well. В HisВ surgeryВ hadВ goneВ fineВ andВ wasВ releasedВ toВ ICUВ asВ aВ precautionary. В ThatВ dayВ afterВ school, В myВ momВ pickedВ meВ upВ fromВ schoolВ andВ tookВ meВ toВ theВ hospital. В IВ excitedlyВ ranВ intoВ theВ hospital, В hoppingВ ontoВ theВ elevatorВ andВ hitВ theВ roundВ circleВ withВ numberВ threeВ printedВ onВ itВ tillВ itВ litВ up. В В AsВ theВ doorВ openedВ IВ steppedВ out, В withВ aВ smileВ
GladysВ McGeeВ InterpersonalВ PaperВ
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playingВ onВ theВ cornerВ ofВ myВ lips, В seeingВ allВ myВ familyВ members. В В AtВ thatВ momentВ IВ saidВ aВ simpleВ prayerВ thankingВ GodВ forВ givingВ meВ suchВ aВ strongВ andВ supportiveВ family. В В IВ wasВ theВ firstВ inВ lineВ toВ...
