QUESTION $28$

Determine which stage of Knapp's model each couple is in based on the provided clues:

$$ Sam and Jim have moved in together. Christmas cards have arrived

A$.$ Stagnating addressed to them as a couple.

B$.$ Experimenting

Jordan and Vivek are on their first date together. They are getting to know one another better.

$$ Kim and Brad are arguing less than they once did. They just don't have the energy to get into it anymore. While they still spend time together, their communication has decreased in quality and quantity.

C$.$ Terminating

D$.$ Circumscribing

E$.$ Avoiding

F$.$ Integrating

Ben and Marianne have been dating for over a year now, but things have changed in the last few months. They don't talk very often anymore. Marianne asks Ben if he'd like to go to dinner and he replies, "I would, but I have a lot to do around the house." In truth, he doesn't really have all that much to do; he just doesn't want to spend time with her.

G$.$ Intensifying

H$.$ Differentiating

Bonding

J$.$ Initiating

Nikolai likes Consuelo and gets up the courage to ask her out.

Emily and Duncan have been dating for several years and have become bored. Neither of them is really trying anymore and Emily has started to really notice the cute new employee in her office.