It is often hard to come home after a difficult tour of duty and talk to your partner. Here are 7 Communication Tips For Better Relationships:
Start with a compliment. Make sure that you direct the compliment towards your partner in the right manner. Also make sure that the compliment is valid and realistic otherwise it will make your partner think that you are being sarcastic. A nice compliment will make your partner lend you his/her ears.
Keeping positive is the key to effective communication in relationships. If you can keep positive in your conversations it will help put your partner at ease. Negative feelings and complaints never do any good in a relationship.
Making your partner laugh is usually a good idea. Make humor your best friend and use it whenever you feel like the conversation is going towards an argument. If you are able to make your partner smile or laugh, it will bring out all the happy memories the both of you have had together.
Speaking from anger will never help. If you want your partner to listen then you’ll have to show some respect by using a decent and calm tone in the conversation. You have to value your partner if you want the relationship to last and the communication to improve.
Think before speaking! You don’t want to blurt something out that would either deeply hurt or infuriate your partner. You cannot take back spoken words, so if the topic is important to you, think and organize in your mind what you are going to say first.
Make sure that the conversation is relevant from the point of view of your partner. Make it interactive too by asking your partner for comments and feedback.
Lastly be a good listener yourself, because that is what you expect from your partner.
So follow these simple tips for effective communication skills and you’ll start seeing improvements in your relationships.