The communication climate of my relationship with Jeff is positive, friendly, and often times sarcastic (joking sarcasm). Our relationship is very strong. We do not use any of the disconfirming messages on a regular basis. Every once in awhile we do display some of those messages. For example: we interrupt each other sometimes, but it it not showing “a lack of concern about what the other person has to say. The occasional interrupting response is not likely to be taken as a disconfirmation” (Adler and Proctor, 313). Neither of us gets upset, for the most part, if we interrupt each other. Another disconfirming message that we portray is the impervious response. Again, this does not happen often, and is always accidental. This response “doesn’t
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One time, when I was extremely angry at him, I used this response on purpose. I was so mad that I refused to talk to him because I didn’t know what to say. I just ignored him until I cooled off. Now, I don’t even remember what the fight was about. We really don’t display any of the other disconfirming messages at all. Our communication climate contains many confirming messages. There are three different types of confirming messages: recognition, acknowledgment, and endorsement. We display recognition all the time. We never ignore each other or texts sent to each other. We also never avoid contact with each other, and usually try to spend much of our time together. We also usually display acknowledgment. For the most part we listen to what we have to say. Every so often, however, I notice Jeff zones out of the conversation and goes to his nothing box. This usually occurs when he is tired. Endorsement is also displayed in our relationship. This is when “you agree with them or otherwise find them important” (Adler and Proctor, 317). When Jeff is upset about something, and he tells me about it, I usually become upset about it
One time, when I was extremely angry at him, I used this response on purpose. I was so mad that I refused to talk to him because I didn’t know what to say. I just ignored him until I cooled off. Now, I don’t even remember what the fight was about. We really don’t display any of the other disconfirming messages at all. Our communication climate contains many confirming messages. There are three different types of confirming messages: recognition, acknowledgment, and endorsement. We display recognition all the time. We never ignore each other or texts sent to each other. We also never avoid contact with each other, and usually try to spend much of our time together. We also usually display acknowledgment. For the most part we listen to what we have to say. Every so often, however, I notice Jeff zones out of the conversation and goes to his nothing box. This usually occurs when he is tired. Endorsement is also displayed in our relationship. This is when “you agree with them or otherwise find them important” (Adler and Proctor, 317). When Jeff is upset about something, and he tells me about it, I usually become upset about it