Communication and relationship

India
August 19, 2008 8:14am CST
Who communicates better? Men or Women? Men and Women often misinterpret what they say to each other. Language of communication between the sexes counts when it comes to deciding good relationship! So, what we are supposed to do? They are (1) Understand there are differences in the way we interpret speech/writing. (2) Don't jump into questioning motives. It's just that sometimes we hear things through filters. (3) Don't hesitate to say 'I don't quite get it. Is this what you are sayi ng?' (4) Angry at your partner's response? Before bawling out, consider this: is he/she offering a solution when i want empathy? Is he/she establishing status when i need affection? (5)If nothing works, accept your partner for what he/she is.
3 responses
@bellis716 (4799)
• United States
21 Aug 08
I think it depends to whom we are speaking who is the better communicator.
@poona_m (336)
• India
19 Aug 08
A relationship is a two way process and communication too is very much a two way process. When someone wants to communicate something to another person the other person should also be prepared to receive that communication. So if you blame your partner for not communicating with you properly maybe its you who is not receiving the communication properly and he/she might be doing his/her best to communicate. I think talking things over is only one way of communicating. More powerful ways of communications are body language, actions and reactions to different situations. For example if your partner is usually listening to radio while he drives and one day you find him driving with radio off you have to understand somethings different. if you fail to notice such abnormalities or out of pattern behavior then its a sign that you are not receiving the communication properly. As far as communicating is concerned I believe men are better at receiving communication and women are better at communicating things to their partner. SO ideal case is woman communicating something to a man and the worst case is when a man is communicating something to a woman. But it is a fact that the two genders function very differently when it comes to communication.
• Philippines
19 Aug 08
It really depends, women mostly talks a lot during an argument, men just listened but once he opens his mouth girl shut up because after listening he already cooked up every sides of the story so once he open his mouth women cant argue anymore instead will just use her powerful weapon in communicating.. her tears. But there are men who doesn't talk but you can feel what he wants to convey by his actions. So for me communication is not just by talking, but we must learn how to listen too. so that we can understand what other is talking and when it is our turn to talk we know what we are talking, regardless of our gender.