Communication

I was recently at a party and I was being the "sober friend" for the night. I was able to listen in on conversations and observe the behavior of my surrounding settings because I wasn't partying like usual. As I participated in a conversation with some of my girlfriends I couldn't help but notice another group of girls in the corner giving me and my friends the "evil eye" and conversing amongst themselves. I tuned out my friends to try and listen in on what these girls were chatting about. They were bashing on an outfit that one of my friends was wearing. Another, was talking about Mandy and how she was supposedly flirting with a guy she liked and as a group they acted as if they were higher up on the todum pole than us. I then began listening to my friends conversation and noticed they were bashing on the same group of girls that were talking about them. Neither of them were aware that they were being labeled AND gossiped about. Both groups were guilty of being drama-filled gossip queens. Girls are so mean to each other. One group made assumptions about another group and at the same time as one group feels authority over the other, they are actually being equally talked about at the same time. Girls are so catty, selfish, and in opinion jealous of every other girl. Why do they do it? To make themselves feel better when something they consider a threat walks into their territory.

This doesn't necessarily relate to a particular topic in class but after lecture on Tuesday and communication between couples I began to notice that it's not just communication between couples it's miscommunication between strangers/friends. Body language, tone of voice, verbal and non verbal communication can be mis read ALL the time between different people, genders or race. (but in my opinion the biggest is girls)