Does successful communication in a relationship mean you bluntly say everything that comes to mind? Not even bluntly, you can take that out. I think communication is more than just expressing every single feeling and thought. Sometimes people can't take what you think about them. Sometimes actually caring about someone's feelings supercedes your own, as well as your "duty" to communicate said feelings.
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The Black Culture Thread |OT11| In This Salon, Everyone Gets A Perm
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Professor Beef
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I talk about my feelings TBH. "Yeah I wanna do that/No I don't feel comfortable doing that" and etc. No need to be blunt, but being open and honest is never a bad thing.
User 73706
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I think if it's not common in your relationship and/or the significant other can't take warnings, criticisms, etc. specifically prefacing it with the fact that you just want to be open or honest about how you feel should help at least a little. I have a pretty forward relationship where we both meticulously make sure we're sharing our feelings with one another, and while we've had disagreements, occasional fights, etc. it's become an amazingly strong partnership - and there's really no one "silver bullet" or anything that could magically dismantle the whole thing the way some relationships can be because they let themselves get too emotionally precarious.
But we are emotional creatures. How does one find that right balance of not caring enough and caring enough?
Professor Beef
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Depends on the person, honestly. No one answer is gonna be enough. You just have to know what works with the person you're with.
The perfect balance is to have an awareness of your surroundings and the goings on of other people's lives, and the ability to be important in their lives while still having a life of your own. You shouldn't crumble and die if you're on your own and you shouldn't let the world burn while you do your own thing. I would always boomerang between the extremes of the two by either being a recluse or only existing to help others. I've gotten better at not doing that.
Young Magus
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What/Que/Da Fuck?
MikeBreezy92
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When you got people your age trying to say we should remember Cosby's legacy instead the horrible things he did....I just.....so disappointed....
Does anyone think the head nod to fellow black strangers is weird. Why do we do it? Is it just innate? Lol reminds me of that Dave chapelle skit about the airplane jacking.
PD trolling as usual
MikeBreezy92
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You know what I did that today when leaving my potential job today and thought it was weird at first but I actually like it. There's a sense of brotherhood every time it happens. Like "I see you bruh, be easy".
I don't know why but this killed me
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=171211499&postcount=90
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=171211499&postcount=90
Prototype Viktor
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out there trying to be poor man jaxapollo in that gafhop thread
bobbychalkers
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To my anime fam, have any of yall watched Gangsta yet? I feel like its been a while since the last good crime show.
LMAO.
Gordon Shumway
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I tell my friends the nod = soon..they tend to laugh uncomfortably.
I think this is funny when both nodders do it slower than usual.
spindashing
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Tyga why
sooperkool
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We do that because for mot of our history we have been disenfranchised and not recognized by society. Its also the reason for some many of our problems because so many of us need to be "seen"
Noice. Break a leg fam, this going to be the start of better and brighter things for you. <3
The Faceless Master
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of course i had to google dat and the first thing i noticed was
it's a Samsung, probably a Verizon GS5 based on the notification bar
You'd think that people would know better than to send nudes at this point.
lol anyway tho.
Alligatorjandro
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Ohhh, poor Tyga. i hope things aren't too embarrassing for him.
Professor Beef
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TheKaeptain
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This isn't black exclusive. Hispanics do it too.
User 73706
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I'm also whiter'n he-yull and I've exchanged nods before.
Messy
Let me hold 25 dollars
No one reads Baller Alert?
User 73706
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spoilers: roy got those pics
So did you get the pics Roy?
Yaphett Kotto
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Tyga always taking Ls.
lol @ roy
Shit, I always asked myself why I did that to black people I didn't know. Anyone else is just a casual hi or we pass without a word, but there is always a nod or sup if its another black person.
And yea, I know a few hispanics that do it too.
lol @ roy
Shit, I always asked myself why I did that to black people I didn't know. Anyone else is just a casual hi or we pass without a word, but there is always a nod or sup if its another black person.
And yea, I know a few hispanics that do it too.
Haha.
lmao.
Mrs. Manky
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When I was in college, blacks were 1 or 2 percent of the student population. Damn straight we head nodded. It was a "We Made It!" sign. Hell, I nodded to the black staff and workers, too.
Royalan, you're too old for Tyga.
All about khloe my dude. As soon as she got on her diet and exercise tip oooohweee. Shit, even before that when she was thick ooooohweeee.
Well, I didn't really get the pics. I woke up this morning and they were in my Tumblr feed, but I thought they were fake.
You guys talking about it confirmed they're real,
Kourtney always been the sensible one. Even then I can save her
Bout to broil a steak
Make some homemade fries
And cook up some broccoli for this celebration man.
Been saving 5.77 on steak for this special occasion. Imma enjoy my day.
Make some homemade fries
And cook up some broccoli for this celebration man.
Been saving 5.77 on steak for this special occasion. Imma enjoy my day.
shit, hell if I know. Not my cup of tea. One thing I do know is that tyga slippen, well actually he been slippen lol.
white knight gonna be your super hero name. That's like a triple entendre
What is your review?
Eh, I'd def let him smash, but he wouldn't break my back or anything.
Tyga so skinny he'd break himself if he tried.
Like he ain't breaking any sales records
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