One Concept

Communication is one of the most important part of life through which we express our feelings to others. Before taking this class I thought there is only one type of communication that is verbal, but after this semester I understood the importance of non-verbal communication skills. Non-verbal communication includes gestures, behavior, facial expression, appearance, and body language. In fact, all of us do the non-verbal communication in our day-to-day life. It was interesting to know that this type of communication is continuous and is perceived to be more believable (Woods p 120). This was a great class that taught me to be the non-verbal communication skills and how to respond to those non-verbal actions. Also, from my experience and as read in the textbook it is true that the non-verbal communication can often establish new relations. For example, whenever a guy sees a girl the first thing before they say hello to each other is the non-verbal interaction. It can be either appearance, eye contact or a handshake. Non-verbal communication is equally important as verbal communication.

Favorite Thing About Class

The best thing I liked about this class was that we were learning the new communication skills every day. The blogging was the best part as there was a feeling that as if we were commenting on our friend's blog. But including all this learning the styles of loving was my favorite thing about class. I came across different types of relationships that a person goes throughout his or her life and learned three basic things to keep a healthy relationship. I always thought that commitment was most important in a healthy relationship but after reading the chapter I came across a fact that trust and honesty with each other are equally important as commitment. Professor Perez was an approachable almost every time I needed to ask any question or needed help, she replied to my e-mail within one day. This class was fun and engaging class in a sense of communicating and learning.

what I learned

This class is a great resource for a person like me to enhance the communication skills and with such a great professor Perez this class made more sense. She was always available for questions, either through email or online on yahoo. I personally liked how the textbook described styles of loving and non verbal communications aspects. I knew trust was important, as well as honesty. But from book I learnt that we should be honest to our partners about what we feel about them too. For example, if we think our partner looks bad in blue jeans, we should let her know honestly. Although she likes blue but if did not suit her we should express our opinions honestly. Another aspect of this class about blogging the discussions and commenting on random people's wall were also great. This way of using blogging I was able to make few online friends. Although, I never meet them but they still are important part of my life through these blogs.

Equity and Enhancing Intimacy

The topic that I found interesting in this week’s reading was that equity must be maintained in Family relationships and daily choices should be made in a way such that intimacy is increased between the family members. First of all the equity should be maintained in a way such that all the members should have equal treatment, benefits should be equal in family and nobody should have greater benefit than one another. Secondly, in order for intimacy to prevail in the family the choices made within the family should be considered in a way that nobody is hurt. For example, the partners that want to sustain the intimacy in their life and in relationship always think about dealing with conflicts. They tend to listen to each other and stay away from choices that can destroy their future life. In a family all members should stay in touch with each other’s concerns and dreams.

Marriage Trend Prediction

I would predict that the changes in marriage will depend upon the cultural value and beliefs. It is based on the person who is getting married, whether to follow the traditional ways to get married or follow another belief. For example, in western countries most of the young people can just live together without getting married ever in life. But on the other hand, in most of the Asian communities especially in Indian community, the guy or girl are not allowed to live together until they are married. But for western countries I would predict that marriage ritual will fade away in next 50 years, compared to Asian communities I would think that as the trends are changing, so the future generations will be able to live together and get married later on. But as I said before the cultural values and beliefs that parents will tell their children will make a huge impact on how their generation will respond to the marriage rituals.

Family Definition

I would define family as a group of blood related people that care about each other's feelings by being honest and helpful. To me my family members mean a lot because they are always present for me whenever I need their support. Whenever I do something wrong they will support me and tell me to learn from my mistakes. For example, when I got my first speeding citation my parents were not angry at me, rather they asked me the reason I was speeding and told me not to speed because they cannot afford to lose me in an accident, as I am the only son in my family. I felt their love because they did not care about the car but they cared about my life and this was the reason they were upset because I could have been into an accident while I was speeding. Show respect and consideration is part of my family along with making choices to enhance intimacy, and developing equality in family. We do not fight over small stuff rather trust each other and respect each other's feelings.

Passion

All of us have been in a situation where we like someone and eventually start loving them. The love keeps on increasing due to the passion that the partners have for each other. For example, if a guy loves a girl with passion, then whenever the girl will hug him or kiss him, he will fell the same way he felt the first time with that girl. The passion is defined as an uncontrollable emotion. All the passionate relationships have passion for sexual feelings, spiritual feelings, exceptional emotion and intellectual excitement. There is another intense feeling of commitment but passion is one of these most important constituents that help relationships build stronger and deeper. Passion is not in our own will power, but if passion prevails in a relationship then is has a strong impact in making relationships stronger. Love is not only a key factor in making relations successful but passion together with commitment helps a relationship to last longer.