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If this is the case, then we can see how silence can contribute to a conversation too. A quiet chat does not always mean the connection is gone. Sometimes it only means the conversation is breathing. Many conversations do not need an immediate follow-up.<\/p>\n
They start answering in their head and forget they did not actually send the message. Another normal situation is when someone needs time to think. Some people do not answer personal questions quickly. They do not want to send the first sentence that comes to mind. They need a moment to understand what they actually feel.<\/p>\n
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- Some silences are part of how people naturally communicate.<\/li>\n
- Silence allows us to listen better and focus on what the other person is saying, verbally and non-verbally.<\/li>\n
- No one is a good listener, and they talk over each other in anger, in blame, in judgment and criticism.Silence shifts in that mode.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
This predictive function is what makes human communication flow so smoothly, especially in familiar settings or with people you know well. When people do not know each other yet, silence is harder to read. A pause can feel uncertain because the relationship is still being formed. People leave chats because they have to do something else.<\/p>\n
People will also appreciate that you take their question seriously and don\u2019t just roll out the standard template. I thought that silence meant that I had failed \u2013 that I had been unable to make perfectly smooth conversation. But when I got comfortable with silences, I understood that it made the conversation more authentic.<\/p>\n
When we are upset, we need to tell ourselves, \u201cIf you have nothing good to say, say nothing! \u201d Or a rude way to say it \u201cif you have nothing good to say, shut up! \u201d I honestly think that if we all followed this rule, our relationship would have been much better. When couples argue, it\u2019s often not the topic that causes the damage, it\u2019s speed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
If you know the other person doesn\u2019t mind silence, maybe even likes it, then don\u2019t let it bother you. Small talk for the sake of talking is not gratifying to many people. Silence can be an indicator of two or more people comfortable with each other. A grudge born out of nothing is doubly unpleasant. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-147733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vibe24jam.store\/bekasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vibe24jam.store\/bekasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vibe24jam.store\/bekasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vibe24jam.store\/bekasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vibe24jam.store\/bekasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147733"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vibe24jam.store\/bekasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":147734,"href":"https:\/\/vibe24jam.store\/bekasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147733\/revisions\/147734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vibe24jam.store\/bekasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vibe24jam.store\/bekasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vibe24jam.store\/bekasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}