It Was All A Big Misunderstanding

We discussed misunderstandings in class last week and there is nothing that irks me more than when something so little gets blown out of proportion because of a little misunderstanding. It drives me crazy when I am watching a movie and you can see what two people are thinking but won't say to each other and I think to myself "just tell them that because they are thinking something completely different!" I often end up talking too much or giving too much detail because I want to make sure my listener completely understands. My friends make fun of me when I tell stories because I take forever. What also pisses me off, and I am guilty of this sometimes, is when someone gets upset because person A told them something about person B and they jump to conclusions, getting pissed at person B without first confronting them calmly and asking for their side. There has been a lot of miscommunication and misunderstandings in my family lately and we finally sat down and had a family discussion. After listening to everybody for a while and finally hearing everything everyone was thinking I got all "communication studies major" on them and talked about what terrible communication we have and that we need to fix it. I think this is one reason I am a communication studies major, because I feel it is one of our biggest problems as a society. I love that moment of clarity when people finally sit down to talk and things are cleared up.