Communication
The Role of Communication in Happy MarriagesCOM 200 Interpersonal Communication
Instructor Elissa Engel
August 2, 2012
In all the relationships we are a part of, communication plays a major role in determining whether or not the relationships is a success. ?Communication is the process by which ideas or information are shared among people? (Sole, 2010). The ability to effectively communicate with others is a skill that must be learned and is critical in both personal and professional relationships. If a person is unable to effectively communicate, miscommunications may occur leading to conflict in the relationship. Miscommunication can be avoided by simply using effective interpersonal communication skills to ensure that the people you are communicating with understand you completely.
Communicating is something we all do without putting much thought into it. Although we have all been doing it our entire lives, it doesn?t mean that we are communicating correctly or effectively. We must all be willing to learn new communication skills and improve the skills we have in order to avoid miscommunications. Miscommunications are most likely to happen in relationships with the people closest to you. In my case, this most often occurs with my husband, or my sister. In both of these relationships I am very close to both of them and a lot of times I speak with the assumption that they understand what I mean, even if that?s not exactly what I say. For example, my husband and I recently celebrated our seven year anniversary. A few days before our anniversary, my husband asked me what I would like to do to celebrate. My response to him was ?it doesn?t matter to me?. I said that assuming he knew that in saying that, I was actually meaning, it doesn?t matter what we do, as long as we do something. He took the response ?it doesn?t matter to me? as I don?t want to do anything, and therefore we ended up not going anywhere to celebrate our anniversary. I was of course pretty...
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