Interpersonal Relationships In The Break-Up

In the movie, The Break –Up, they demonstrate the stages of relationships from the growth to the consequences leading to the end of a relationship. The stages of interpersonal relationships are contact, involvement, intimacy, deterioration, repair, and dissolution. It begins with the first interaction leading to contact. At the beginning of the movie, Gary notices Brooke at baseball game. She is with another man looking to be disinterested in what is occurring in the game. Upon noticing her, he orders six hotdogs offering her one to engage in small conversation. After the game is approaches Brooke asking her to accompany him to drinks by continually saying things to get her to say yes. This then brings them into the next stages, involvement and intimacy. The intimacy stage occurs when both individuals start to feel the want of commitment. There are two different stages of commitment, the commitment on a private level solely consisting of them two only and on a social level. Brooke and Gary enter this stage when they begin to show pictures of them kissing, holding hands, and fooling around. They both commit to a home together and begin introducing friends and family into each other’s lives. Making the bond between them become stronger. The deterioration of the relationship between them begins when Brooke realizes the amount of dedication Gary is
Making them feel unappreciated by their significant other. Since they both felt unhappy they come to a mutual agreement that they are better off without the other. All relationships at one point in time come across the stages of interpersonal relationships. The movie is demonstration of each stage showing the introduction to the end of each relationship. Every relationship is different but we all come across the tough patches either repairing on the way or letting it