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Remember to Talk: My Thoughts to You
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COM200: Interpersonal Communication (ACM1446C)
Instructor Jacey Coy
December 15, 2014










Remember to Talk: My Thoughts to You
Dear Lauren and Steven,
I want to congratulate you on taking the next step in building your lives together. I would like to share some thoughts and things I have learned in my own interpersonal relationships and in this class. The key factor as we get married and start our future together is that we communicate effectively with the one we are with. In the letter, I will address how to effectively use interpersonal communication in your relationship.
Many couples seek counseling in which I do find it is helpful before marriage to find out why they have a hard to communicating that often it leads to misunderstandings. The most common statement is often said is that he or she doesn’t understand me. It is in my own personal experience that everyone needs and wants to be understood. This means from the simple things like how the towels are arranged right down to money making decisions. This all can be done simple by talking with your partner before things get out of control. Many couples decide amongst each other who is going to be the decision maker on certain things within the house hold.
The Barriers
Lauren and Steven by identifying the barriers that cause break downs in communication we will see that things may be vague to some, but to others taken out of context. You may wonder why barriers would become a problem and what the barriers are. As Eric Garner states, “Seven common barriers to effective interpersonal communication are physical barriers or things in the way, perceptual barriers seeing things differently, emotional barriers or were our emotions take over, cultural barriers, language barriers, gender barriers and interpersonal barriers” (1996). We can change these by when speaking to our partner about important things make sure that we have their...

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