Misunderstood.

Drives me absolutely nuts before that happens. If I feel like I am not sure what someone says I will ask "did you say____?" before jumping to conclusion. This allows them to say "no, I said '________,'" thus averting the misunderstanding altogether.

I say that they reacted to the situation appropriately. You say "they" right so there is a few of them. The fact that they all heard it as "what do you want?" might mean that you really did not deliver your thoughts as you wanted it to be. They were away so they might be tired and to be asked of what they want might not be so nice in that situation. They might feel unwanted. I totally agree that you were misunderstood but I do not think that there is no need to point fingers. Maybe it would be better to figure things out through talking. It could go worse if you do not act on it soon.

Hi Lore, That is "misunderstanding" for you and I have suffered a lot due to this

Oh yeah.. it happens sometimes that people get us in wrong sense. Something similar happened between me and my partner yesterday. I was kidding about something and she took it as if I am taunting about her and began a fight. It took a lot of effort for me to sort out everything. Finally everything is fine now. Thank God. So what is important is whenever there is some misunderstanding, dont just ignore it, rather discuss it, otherwise a lil spark can turn into a big fire. Take care

It does drive me a bit nutty as some people are naturally always on the defense and for some odd reason they do not allow the ears, brain and mouth to synchronize. Sometimes it is best for me to let the person cool down and then explain.

This happens sometimes because the intention and meaning of words are mistaken.When you say 'wecome back' you went by your good intention of welcoming them.But they have gone by the word 'back'.They would not have been got weird if you had said only 'welcome'.That also depends upon the situation and mood of people at the relevant time.I have also observed that sometimes I felt bad for the words spoken but the other people took them as a joke.I was happy..

Yes, I do! I lived with a man who jumped to conclusions and would not listen to the truth. I spent many a night trying to make my side heard. He would get a idea in his head and nothing could unleash it. Just silly misunderstandings and it would spiral into something twisted and rediculous. Yes, I do think it is funny that people assume. It can cause a lot of hurt.

Communication, the most difficult part of human relationships. Hope you got this one taken care of. Blessings

Receiver and Transmitter are the two ultimate things in the process of communication. While one should acting as a Rx(Receiver) another should be in Tx(Transmitter's) position. But there is a disadvantage in this process. I wanna tell about that. That is "noise", the noise can causes to make a disturbance in the communication. We have to eliminate this. In your case also, you have to clearly explain to them that "what is your heart and how much lovely it is towards them. And you have to show your intension towards them, then only they can be in good touch with you.". Have a great day, God bless you.

Yes, I guess people can be so grumpy at times that they fail to see your good intentions.. Maybe it's because they have a bad mood, it's bad timing, or they are just stressed out that they fail to see the brighter side of life at that time.. Well, some also are pessimists that all they see and hear are bad or against them.. Ump.. It's difficult to be in that situation.. I and I against the world...hehe..

hi there. sometimes when i feel like the other party didnt get what i said, i would say it again so there will be no misunderstandings. but there are als times when i dont bother to make the person understand what i meant which is i think is not good hehe but sometimes its just annoying because they have this attitude problem that they take everything negatively and not bother to widen their mind.