The Six Relationship Stages in order are: INITIATION, EXPLORATION, INTENSIFICATION, FORMALIZATION, REDEFINITION, and DETERIORATION
a. Development of shared stories and language: __________________________
b. Someone gets an engagement ring:__________________________________
c. Joint rules begin to get defined: ____________________________________
d. “Sizing” a person up: ____________________________________________
e. Creating some pressure for change:__________________________________
f. Learning what the person is like on the inside: _________________________
g. Going your own way physically and symbolically: ______________________
h. Increasing nonverbal closeness: _____________________________________
i. Getting married: _________________________________________________
j. Changing the rules of the relationship:________________________________