Poor Communication: The Cause of Many Relationship Squabbles and Disagreements

Men and women both need to do better on the communication front

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Much has been spoken about miscommunication and how it can undermine relationships. One party says something while the other understands it as totally something else. This can be a cause for many a misunderstanding or disagreement. However, a second and much more significant factor that affects the stability of relationships is poor communication, and sometimes, even a complete lack of communication.

While poor communcation entails not communicating your thoughts to your partner properly, a lack of communication means not communicating them at all.

Allow poor communication or lack of communication to fester long enough, and it can gradually snowball into frustration, angst, and regret. One might believe they’re behaving in accordance to their partner’s expectations while the other might be hesitant in communicating their real needs to them, afraid that they might offend them or catch them by surprise because they were quiet about it for so long.

This is why differences of opinion crop up when a couple so gladly came to an agreement on one thing on the table, yet two completely different things in their own heads.