Self-Disclosure and Gender Roles in Relationships

            Self-disclosure is talking to someone else about things that are important to you. Small talk can be an important part of communication, but quality conversations about our hopes and dreams are extremely important in relationships. In order to have a long-lasting, happy and healthy relationship, both parties need to be willing and able to communicate their own self-disclosure, as well as listen to and comprehend their partners.

 

            People are constantly changing and without continuous quality conversations, the couple could easily drift apart. As Schoenberg states “romantic relationships begin with a lot of sharing and excitement” (2011), as the years go by, the sharing and excitement can be forgotten or ignored and

Avoiding Miscommunications in Relationships

           Communication is often named the most important part of relationships, and poor communication is often named as a reason why ‘things did not work out’. In the article, Close Relationships Sometimes Mask Poor Communication (Anonymous, 2011), the author describes how couples often have an illusion of good communication, while actually they are misunderstanding each other. The article makes some very good points about not getting too comfortable in your day to day