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Misunderstandings
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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personal growth and self-help. This is not to be considered a substitute
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