Importance Of Interpersonal Relationship

Xi Qiu (Hubery)

Tacoma Community College Everyone has friends, but do you have a friend who has known each other more than ten years? Fortunately I have a best friend, and we have known each other since we could remember. Our fathers are classmates, so when we were children, we always had fun together. We have similar hobby. We both like listening to music and reading books. Even the type of music we like is the same. If people want to keep a relationship as long ad they want, they should know Maslow’s Interpersonal Needs Theory which includes affection, inclusion, and control. Affection means how two people show their love to each other; inclusion means each people have a part in their relationship, and control means not only one person make decision; each person should have their voice. It will be a successful relationship if it includes this three things. In my communication with Carol, we show our affection a lot, we have a balance inclusion, and we never try to control each other. Affection is a huge part in my communication with Carol, and we show our affection to each our very often. There are two ways to show our affection. One is nonverbal communication. We hug each other a lot. I still remember last time I came back to China. I just

Carol always gives me lot of advices in all things which I ask her or the problem I meet. She helps me to make a decision, but she never make a decision for me. She knows I have my own opinion, and I should have my personal voice in our relationship. I was thinking about should I join some clubs when I was in high school. She told me some good things and bad things about joining a club, therefore I realized good things are much more then bed things if I join a club. That is a good relationship looks like. People only offer their suggests, and never make a decision for other one. All in all, let people make their own decisions, this is the control balance between Carol and