Speech Comm

[prof-cregg.livejournal.com]

[She comes into class, her hair unusually wavy and dressed in a long rust broomstick skirt and a buttery yellow sweater. SHe looks unlike herself...in fact, if any of the students take Ethics or Philosophy, they will be reminded of Professor Maclay]

301--Family: Friends and Lovers
An interesting issue came up earlier I want to address. What do you think about the idea that intimacy in a relationship can foster a situation where communication breaks down. Where the sender and reciever are not even passing a message, or that message is so mangled there is no real communication going on? This only happens at the highest levels of intimacy, and since friends and lovers count as chosen family, that's where we will focus today.

Ok, gang, go.

Comments

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Well...there's wordless communication. Sometimes a friend or a lover," Rory blushes, "can communicate with their eyes, or...um...touch. There's still a message, though."

[not-an-ex-demon.livejournal.com]

Anya listens and is *not* excited. The last thing she wants to do in class is discuss love. Then again, Jack *is* in the class so this could be advantagous for her

[miss-monochrome.livejournal.com]

Um... ::looks vaguely uncomfortable:: Sometimes...sometimes in a relationship, one person might...might gain an idolized image of the other person and they might just be...be intentionally ignoring anything the other person might be saying that goes against that image. Then sometimes...sometimes the other person might feel the need to...to make a really big statement to get their point across, to actually get the other person to listen. So it's not that they weren't...that they weren't communicating, it's, like you said, a mangled message, based on what the other person wants to hear.

[wannabelawyer.livejournal.com]

I think you can get to a point where you're so comfortable with somebody that you just assume they know what's going on. Or you get so used to each other that you forget you still need to communicate.

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

Communication can be difficult, particularly when one of you can't actually talk at the moment (http://www.livejournal.com/users/time_agent/4194.html?thread=15714#t15714).

[2ls-in-oneill.livejournal.com]

[OMG muns brain has quit after speaking Quantum Psysics with sister. Cannot figure out what poor CJ's words mean! Somethins about people talking and not-talking and ow!]

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

Veronica doesn't want to think or discuss lovers. She's exceptionally glad that Logan's not in this class.

"When two people are friends, they can often communicate more through a single glance than two strangers can through a thousand words."

[absolutesnark]

Piper wanders into class and listens to the discussion.

[dbiers.livejournal.com]

Figuring that, "I think that's awful," isn't exactly the answer CJ is looking for, D'anna remains quiet and lets the rest of the class talk.

[ooc: You are so out to break these kids. Bwah. Love.]