Communication

I always knew that communication was an important part of relationships but Tuesday's discussion opened my eyes a little more. I recently broke up with my boyfriend of over a year and I was thinking more about it and realized that whenever I tried to explain to him what was wrong, he never quite got it. In class, we talked about men and women communicating differently and I wonder now if I would have tried to explain things better and if he really would have listened, if we would we still be together. He understood the nonverbal communication very clearly but when we tried to talk about things, it never seemed to work out well. Also, I'm sure many couples have gone through situations like the one we watched in Everybody Loves Raymond. Its not always what you say, but how you say it that matters. I think it's important as a professional to recognize all the components of communication and the gender differences that occur to effectively help couples solve communication problems.