Interpersonal Communication Examples

communication, by her facial expressions and lots of hand movement in order to get her message across. Zeferina and I also had to overcome a lot of personality differences. I am loud and gregarious, while she is quiet and shy. I like to travel, go to the movies, and participate in activities and she does not. Although, I often asked her to go do things with me, as an example: go to a craft show, she would always decline and say she wanted to stay at home. She was not adventurous in any way, but at the same time she had the courage to make her way to the United States and live in fear. We had two things in common, we both loved my father and took care of him, and we both like to gamble at the casino. We would head off to the casino and play slot machines for hours, laughing and having fun. As stated in the journal article, This Examined Life: The upside of Self-Knowledge for …show more content…
Our love for my father was the thing that brought us together and now he is no longer here to tie the bond. I plan to continue to visit and call her as often as I can. I will make sure she is welcome to all of our holiday and family functions. We both still mourn for the loss of her husband and my father and that is a bond that currently keeps us together. The bereaved feel most comforted by those who share parallel feelings of bereavement and can care for them emotionally. With and empathetic friend, people can disclose and share feelings, as well as feel understood, validated, accepted, supported, and cared about (Lee et al., 2013). My hope is that she will stay in my life for as long as possible. In looking back, my perception of her has completely changed. I never told people that my father was married to an illegal alien, as that was just not something that would be accepted. However, I do now, and I tell people how much I love her and what a great person she has been to have in my