Misunderstandings

Dear Positive Way, I have a friend who I have confided in the past 2 years, however this friend and I have had a lot of misunderstandings due to communication on email.  The person would like space?  I am wondering what your thoughts are on respecting the person? signed, respect, age 38

Dear Respect, Communication on email can and does cause a lot of misunderstandings for the people using it on a regular basis because up to 93% of communication is non verbal and that is missing with email.  If the person has asked for space I would give it to them for now.  However, once a couple of weeks has gone by you could call or send a letter asking for some time to clear up any misunderstandings that may have happened during the past 2 years.  Honor their request for a few weeks and then try to renegotiate the friendship where both of you could meet preferably in person or over the phone and work on clearing up some of the misunderstandings.  In between time please read the following articles Express and Own your Feelings and Words do count.  Also a huge part of friendship is listening to one another.  You mentioned you have confided in this person in the past 2 years.  Maybe they need someone to listen to them for a change. There is information in these articles that could help you express yourself more clearly when you do communicate again with this friend.
 

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