Effective Communication in Your Relationships; How to

We have different modes of communication these days. But the best way of effective communication in a relationships is face to face, when you can look deep into your partner’s eyes and convey whatever you feel and want to say, there’s nothing like it!

But in many long distance relationships communication becomes a substantial problem. So instead of pondering on the modes of communication and being specific about how to communicate in a relationship with men or women, let’s consider the general effective ways to do so.

Some Effective Ways About How to Communicate in a Relationship

Try and comprehend how your partner wants to communicate. You both must share a comfortable level of compatibility to communicate well. If you are very out-spoken and articulate in your way of communication, you should find out if your partner is comfortable with such a gesture.

It often happens that we express our thoughts and emotions the way we want to, but do not give space to our partners to do the same just because their ways of expressing things are different.

Thus to sum it up, we should understand the nature of each other and strike a balance of compatibility to communicate well.

Eye contact is an important foundation for every communication. When you look into your partner’s eyes and communicate, it reflects your honesty, sincerity and love.

Even your body language is an integral part of your communication. So take care of that. Don’t make any sort of boorish gestures, because that might just put your partner off.

Stay away from being sarcastic while you are communicating with your spouse or partner. Sit and discuss properly; don’t be defensive.

“Assumptions are the termites of relationships.” ~Henry Winkler. As the saying goes, assumptions are indeed very malignant and make situations precarious in relationships. Lack of communication in relationships leads to assumptions.

Since our brains are free to think, it can assume anything and everything. So the best solution is to communicate well and leave no room for assumptions and confusions. [Read; Every relationship needs these 9 important communication skills]

Be the soul of your partner and listen to him as if you are the ‘sole’ listener. If you really want to know more about how to communicate in a relationship, focus more on listening to what your partner wants to convey.

We often think that we are communicating by blabbering a lot and imparting everything we have to say. But that way we actually don’t communicate because communication in relationship has to be interactive.

The more you listen to your partner is the better your understanding grows. Be patient and attentive while listening. If required, then do interact while listening. It will strengthen your relationship communication skills with your partner and in turn build a lot of trust.

Communication always doesn’t need to happen through words or texts. Those little gestures and glances are indeed intrinsic part of your communication. Even your way of touching reflects your mood.

So embolden your love life with all the little special things which make you both happy and generate your communication.