How do you fight when you are apart? Via IM of course.
Thank God we're never mad at each other for long. One email and a phone call later all misunderstandings are cleared.
IM ~ blessing or curse because I tend to misinterpret what people are saying on there A LOT.
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I can totally relate to this one and am very good at misinterpretting things that I get on a message. Glad that things worked out. It is hard being apart.
Glad things are okay. I think the written word can be easily misinterpreted and it is not a very effective way to have an important conversation.
OMG pretty much the ONLY fights my husband and I ever have are via IM. You can totally misinterpret a person's TONE from IM... Ugh.
"Tone" is something that can't be translated in an IM most of the time. (or e-mail, or text...) That's why I'm all for fighting on the phone. LOL
We don't fight much at all. We usually just talk things to death.
Oh...yes, yes, yes...I do the same thing-it's so hard to know HOW a person is saying what they are saying in IM...even when you know them very well.
Ugh...yes, sometimes a blessing but in my opinion, most times, not so much.
Glad you make up fast. :)
Steph - You're absolutely right, it is hard being apart.
Corey - True, I tend to keep IMing and texting to a minimum out of fear :)
Jen - Something we have in common. Same in our household :)
Melisa - We're usually good at talking things through but since the hubby's good for days on end we IM a lot :(.
Mags - Isn't it the hardest thing. Maybe if I had a sunnier outlook on things I wouldn't take it so personally or end up misinterpreting things
I KNOW.
I don't know how to IM but I find this same problem with e-mail, even between friends. The problem is there is no tone of voice or body language which makes up half of communication between people. Sometimes I will get messages from people and visa versa and we will misunderstand each other because these two things are missing from electronic communication. I guess they made those little smiley face things for you mood but it just isn't the same.
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