Close Relationships Sometimes Mask Poor Communication Analysis
"Close Relationships Sometimes Mask Poor Communication"
Week One Assignment
Annette Renee Daggit
Ashford University
COM200
Professor Williams
August 4, 2011
"Close Relationships Sometimes Mask Poor Communication"
After reading the above article, I felt disappointment, and I do not agree. It is my opinion that my spouse and I communicate very well; I said to my spouse "I'm hot" (from the statement in the article). His response was what I expected, "Do you want me to turn on the AC, …show more content…
I do not imagine that my spouse understands me; I feel he knows me very well. He has been taking care of me for five years because of an illness that caused the loss of my right hand and the tips of two fingers on my left hand. Then I had respiratory problems and stopped breathing, I died three times from that. My kidneys failed and I have dialysis three times a week. He has watched me go through a very hard time, he knows me inside and out. Example: I was sleeping too much and not eating, everything I tried to eat came back up, my spouse knew something was wrong and insisted I go to the hospital, I do not like going to the hospital, so I asked him to "Take a ride, drive around for a while, maybe I'll feel better." However, he took me the long way to the hospital and as soon as they got me in there and were taking me to triage, my heart stopped, again I died. This was a very emotional time for us, I was in a coma for several days, when I woke the only person I saw was my spouse, he never left my
Week One Assignment
Annette Renee Daggit
Ashford University
COM200
Professor Williams
August 4, 2011
"Close Relationships Sometimes Mask Poor Communication"
After reading the above article, I felt disappointment, and I do not agree. It is my opinion that my spouse and I communicate very well; I said to my spouse "I'm hot" (from the statement in the article). His response was what I expected, "Do you want me to turn on the AC, …show more content…
I do not imagine that my spouse understands me; I feel he knows me very well. He has been taking care of me for five years because of an illness that caused the loss of my right hand and the tips of two fingers on my left hand. Then I had respiratory problems and stopped breathing, I died three times from that. My kidneys failed and I have dialysis three times a week. He has watched me go through a very hard time, he knows me inside and out. Example: I was sleeping too much and not eating, everything I tried to eat came back up, my spouse knew something was wrong and insisted I go to the hospital, I do not like going to the hospital, so I asked him to "Take a ride, drive around for a while, maybe I'll feel better." However, he took me the long way to the hospital and as soon as they got me in there and were taking me to triage, my heart stopped, again I died. This was a very emotional time for us, I was in a coma for several days, when I woke the only person I saw was my spouse, he never left my