All posts tagged relationships

Thank ya. Thank ya, vury much.

What exactly does thank you mean? Webster says it is “a polite expression of one’s gratitude”. While that may be true, thank you can mean much more. Right on! After someone else makes statement, thank you means “I agree wholeheartedly.” This is especially true when the statement was pointing out the blatantly obvious. Can I get […]

I will NOT eat that.

If you missed the beginning of this, please read the instructions FIRST.

So, What Do You Want To Know?

Top 15 Questions to Ask Friends Questions for friends change over time. The first questions are a line of discovery to gauge the validity of the friendship connection. As friendship matures, questions move friends closer together on a path or guide them apart. In the end, questions keep friends cordial even when a distance, physical or emotional, […]

When All Else Fails…

Peanut Butter

…Read the Instructions. This very enlightening communication exercise goes along with the communication series for the last week-ish. You will need a piece of paper and a writing implement to begin.

What You Heard Was Not What I Meant

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Specificity is the rule.” -Author unknown, but whose hand I would love to shake. Common misunderstandings come from saying one thing, but meaning something totally different from what the other person understood. Humans have some annoying, correctable idiosyncrasies which prevent them from communicating with others. Average person will listen to four words before formulating a […]