How Nonverbal Communication Was Misconstrued

There have been several occasions where my verbal communication was misconstrued. I may not have spoken the words out loud but it happens in my text messages all the time. A few days ago, I was texting my fiancé and ended the conversation with "OK!” I never end the conversation with just an "OK". It only happened because I was in a hurry to clock in for work and had to put my phone up. Auto correct on my phone put an "!" without me realizing and my fiancé took it the wrong way. He thought something might have been wrong or I was mad at him. He later called me at work asking about it and I confirmed it was an accident from me being in a hurry and wasn’t mad at him. I could see where he would think something was wrong because I texted in a way that I normally wouldn’t text in. I meant to tell him "Ok and have a great day". I clicked send without realizing it and everything was misconstrued. …show more content…
I have had several people tell me that I look mean. After getting to know those people, I have asked them why they say that and they tell me I keep a mean look on my face. They have told me that they were scared to talk to me because of my facial expressions. I have tried to figure out what they are talking about but it has been hard. I'm not a mean person at all and hate that I come off that way sometimes. I guess when I'm concentrating on something that I have a certain look that makes me look mean.

As communication is defined in the book, Communication Mosaics by Julia T. Wood, as a process that is ongoing and dynamic. I believe this statement is true because of my verbal communication being misconstrued. If my fiancé would have never called me wondering if I was mad, then I would have never know that’s what he was thinking. Now that we have had that situation occur, we can avoid it from happening in the