Masking Poor Communication
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Masking Poor Communication
COM200
Masking Poor Communication
One of the challenges that most close relationship seem to have to some extent, is poor communication. As people become closer in their relationships according to the article “Close Relationships Sometimes Mask Poor Communication” (U.S. News & World Report, 2011) state “That closeness can lead people to overestimate how well they communicate” I can totally relate to that statement my wife and I have been married for twelve years and been in a relationships for seventeen years the closer we got in our relationship the communication between us became more critical. If you have been in a close relationship for any length of time, you have either been on the giving or receiving end of miscommunication, probably more than once. Communicating unclearly or mistakenly often results in arguments or mistrust between friends, husbands and wives, brothers and sisters and so on. Sometimes in order for close relationship communication to get better people need to step back and focus on the basics of communication, such as listening to the person that is talking without any interruption.
I had a miscommunication with my older sister before because I assumed she understood me. It was June 1995 my sister twenty-seventh birth day, as the celebration was going on her husband her boyfriend at that time propose to her. It was a very excited time for her and everybody at the party. We were drinking, eating, and dancing. During the party she and I had a conversation about the wedding. She wanted me to be part of the wedding party; I told her yes of course you are my only sister, but please do not pair me up with any of your ugly friends because I am too sexy and fly for some of them. We both just laugh and went our separate way. At that time I was in the Marines stationed in Norfolk Virginia and my sister lived in Long Island New York. The wedding was schedule to take place on October 28, 1995 in Long...
COM200
Masking Poor Communication
One of the challenges that most close relationship seem to have to some extent, is poor communication. As people become closer in their relationships according to the article “Close Relationships Sometimes Mask Poor Communication” (U.S. News & World Report, 2011) state “That closeness can lead people to overestimate how well they communicate” I can totally relate to that statement my wife and I have been married for twelve years and been in a relationships for seventeen years the closer we got in our relationship the communication between us became more critical. If you have been in a close relationship for any length of time, you have either been on the giving or receiving end of miscommunication, probably more than once. Communicating unclearly or mistakenly often results in arguments or mistrust between friends, husbands and wives, brothers and sisters and so on. Sometimes in order for close relationship communication to get better people need to step back and focus on the basics of communication, such as listening to the person that is talking without any interruption.
I had a miscommunication with my older sister before because I assumed she understood me. It was June 1995 my sister twenty-seventh birth day, as the celebration was going on her husband her boyfriend at that time propose to her. It was a very excited time for her and everybody at the party. We were drinking, eating, and dancing. During the party she and I had a conversation about the wedding. She wanted me to be part of the wedding party; I told her yes of course you are my only sister, but please do not pair me up with any of your ugly friends because I am too sexy and fly for some of them. We both just laugh and went our separate way. At that time I was in the Marines stationed in Norfolk Virginia and my sister lived in Long Island New York. The wedding was schedule to take place on October 28, 1995 in Long...