Tag: misinterpret

Do you ask your spouse, "Can I Kiss You?" Consent is a subject we often associate with dating, but marriage… not so much. Why is that? Is it because after a certain amount of time passes, we just know when our significant other is "ready?" We are so in tune with their body language that verbal consent is simply not needed? Let’s examine this a little more.

Body language is the most common form of communication in any relationship. For example, do most married people ask before they kiss their love? No. Instead, they try to figure out when is the right time to make their move.

"The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't being said." ~Anonymous

Strength and endurance training in any and all marriages starts and ends with the capacity for communication. I have often called our communication skills the currency of a relationship because it is literally the air that lives between people that makes their relationship vital or suffocating. It is perhaps the most complex set of skills that healthy relationships require because it is close to impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood. This is not only because our spoken words make up only a small fraction of the myriad ways we communicate. We also communicate through our tone of voice, facial expressions and body language.