Predictability In Relationships

Developing our openness with one another was highly important but it did not help with the certainty and uncertainty of our relationship. Knapp, Vangelisti & Caughlin (2013) state “in order for us to be comfortable with another person, a certain amount of predictability is necessary” (p. 53). It was very difficult to predict the relationship with Rell and I was willing to become vulnerable and allowing him to form a relationship with my daughter, and the change helped with remaining consistent and stable in our actions with another. But what I did not realize was even though Rell and my daughter had a wonderful relationship, he was ready for what Burnett & DeGreeff had discussed in their article whereas our relationship would be as followed