... be saved. The social phase is when they tell everyone else. Now the dispute spills over into social networks of friends and family. This can be both good and bad. We need these networks for support if a couple spilt up however they can speed up the decision for final break down with revelations about one or other of them. The grave-dressing phase is justifying your actions. They will attempt to justify the role they played in the break down in order to portray them in a light that makes them still appear trustworthy to new partners. This may mean that they make excuses about how the other person has 'changed' in order to justify their original commitment to the relationship and its subsequent breakdown. One weakness of Duck's model and other research into relationship breakdown is that they are reductionist. The different models and research focus entirely on romantic relationships. ...

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