When we start to grow up, we start to build relationships that can be temporary or last a lifetime. These relationships help us get to know ourselves and others better. We learn how to build friendships and relationships from a young age and learn to love people who stick around for the long haul. On the other hand, we also learn about the emptiness you feel when someone dear to you decides to no longer be a part of your life. Having said that I will write about my interpersonal relationship I have with my boyfriend Jorge. Not just about our history and how we communicate, but also about how we overcome conflict and the power each of us holds. My relationship with Jorge started as a simple friendship, then our bond began to strengthen. Conflicts can arise from simple and insignificant things like, misreading a text message, using the wrong tone of voice or simply not being in an upright mood. There are different types of forms for managing a conflict. As DeVito notes in Messages, “The compromise style is in the middle: there is some concern for your own needs and some concern for the other's needs” (p. 246). I am very persuasive when it comes to deciding what to do, this is known as power. According to DeVito, “power is a person's ability to influence what another person thinks or does” (p. 313). For example, when it comes to going out to see a movie, Jorge always wants to watch a different one than mine. I always say, "Okay, you can go watch it while I watch what I want to watch." He argues and doesn't want to, but in the end I always get what I want. Like any other relationship, we are not a perfect couple. Of course we have our ups and downs and we have problems. I think one of the problems we need to solve in our relationship is that when we argue we need to pay attention to how we say things. I also think we need to start getting used to having less communication. This will not be easy at all because they both come from a Mexican background communication is very important. What I would like to change about me personally is that I can find more time to spend with him, because I know that it is difficult for him that we have learned countless things from each other and continue to learn new things. Our conflicts make us stronger as does how we learn to resolve them. We've learned that compromising is better than competing to see who can win the argument. Building and trying to maintain a relationship is no easy task. Various relationships have fallen apart after countless arguments. Knowing how to resolve conflicts is an important part of relationships as well as communication. The rewards are obviously very pleasant, but we cannot forget the requests that come and not just expect to receive without reciprocating. Having an ego-free partner has helped me not only learn how to become a better person, but to appreciate the knowledge that there is someone always there for me through thick and thin. As the days go by my relationship with Jorge becomes stronger and stronger as we try to improve ours