Elegsabiff: The people I can say anything to are the ones I value the most. Few and very far between ...
I try very hard to be a safe place people can land when they make that leap. I'm really good at it for the most part, but it is a struggle for me sometimes, I can be a little defensive at times.
I recognize that emotional intimacy is not just about the other person being willing to be vulnerable, it's also about weather we can offer them a reasonable expectation they'll be ok with us in their vulnerability. Most of us want to be known, being loved by people that don't know us, isn't really being loved at all.
Elegsabiff: I'm a talker. (I know, big surprise). My vote would always be #6 but it does take two, one talking and one listening, and they should take turns.
Do you talk, or shut up and wait for things to sort out? Bottle things up until what comes out is a shout? Make every word count? Quietly walk away?
Do you listen?
Will you talk on this poll for the sake of talking (yes please) wait until you have something worth saying (oh, okay), or just watch until you get bored? (boo)
For my part, i should distinquish first between mere talking and arguing, in which the later could boil out into something of a heated argument to justify one's side, in this case, i think talking more further could no longer be advisable, one should be wise enough to put an end to such argumentations, and settle when things get calm enough,, whereas in talking, though it depends to whom your are talking to and the things to talk about, for members within the family it is important that there's a communication, and among other people, well, we can get into or evade, that depends, as i say on the person in front of you, and how that particular person is to your eyes.
allthegoodnamestLondon, Essex, England UK4,697 posts
Elegsabiff: I'm a talker. (I know, big surprise). My vote would always be #6 but it does take two, one talking and one listening, and they should take turns.
Do you talk, or shut up and wait for things to sort out? Bottle things up until what comes out is a shout? Make every word count? Quietly walk away?
Do you listen?
Will you talk on this poll for the sake of talking (yes please) wait until you have something worth saying (oh, okay), or just watch until you get bored? (boo)
I expected this thread to take off but maybe you've made people think rather than post the first thing that came into their heads... Btw, I'm more of a listener than a talker, it's the only way you learn.
allthegoodnamest: I expected this thread to take off but maybe you've made people think rather than post the first thing that came into their heads... Btw, I'm more of a listener than a talker, it's the only way you learn.
CatibraeHULL, East Riding of Yorkshire, England UK1,827 posts
allthegoodnamest: I expected this thread to take off but maybe you've made people think rather than post the first thing that came into their heads... Btw, I'm more of a listener than a talker, it's the only way you learn.
Talking isn't the only way you learn...watching, imitating and doing are also ways we learn
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I try very hard to be a safe place people can land when they make that leap. I'm really good at it for the most part, but it is a struggle for me sometimes, I can be a little defensive at times.
I recognize that emotional intimacy is not just about the other person being willing to be vulnerable, it's also about weather we can offer them a reasonable expectation they'll be ok with us in their vulnerability. Most of us want to be known, being loved by people that don't know us, isn't really being loved at all.