Men, Women and Communication

The lecture on communication was very informative. It made me think about the way the men in my life communicate. If I call my father with any problem, all he wants to do is fix it. Men see problems and think "This is the problem, this is what you need to do to fix it". That is one thing I love my father for. Then there is my mother. She is one of my best friends who I can talk to whenever I have a problem. She helps me talk through the issues and gets more into the emotional aspect of it. I recently came to find out, my parents had a very hard time communicating. My dad would try to fix the problems when all my mom wanted was someone to talk to about it. Communication can be learned. My parents went on a weekend retreat focused on helping marriages. They both came away with a different view on communication. If men and women were more informed on the differences in their communication patterns, maybe they would be more understanding of the opposite sex.