Maggie can't seem to keep a relationship going. She was happy with Gil when they went camping and fishing until she met Matt. Then she found room service to be better. Then she met Harold, the professor, and suddenly it was better to be involved in academics. Maggie can't seem to decide how to eat her eggs in the morning, so settling on a life partner is overwhelming. Maggie has been engaged 8 times but never makes it to the altar. According to Erikson, Maggie hasn't achieved intimacy, because she did not gain __________ earlier in her life.

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According to Erikson's stages of psychosocial development, achieving intimacy in adulthood is dependent on having developed fidelity during the earlier stage of identity vs. role confusion. Fidelity involves being able to commit to others and oneself, which Maggie seems to struggle with.

Maggie Can't Seem to Keep a Relationship Going