Formal Letter - English

FORMAL LETTER INTRODUCTION Dear Lindsay and Michael, I am writing you this letter to give you some friendly advice about interpersonal communication within your relationship with each other. I hope that these helpful tips help you both to make your communication thrive in your newly found engagement. There are many things that I would like to touch base on with you both; as I wish someone would have informed my fiancé and me when we decided to spend our lives together as well. An article I read states, when couples come together in marriage, they are faced initially with series of problems and differences that challenge their stability. This requires that on both sides, compromises, agreements and endurances must be met in dealing with issues such as parents, inlaws, finances, friends, habits, feeding, response to problems and purchases and use of house items. Other issues include attending to one 's feelings and emotions, attending ones ' needs and attending to ones ' speech (communication cues), procreation, careers and academics to enhance marital adjustment or stability. Ortese, P.T., & Tor-Anyiin, S. (2008) Communication is such an important part of a relationship. If there is poor communication, the relationship is most likely failing. Poor communication leads to many problems along the way, especially in an engagement or marriage. WORDS HAVE THE POWER TO CREATE AND AFFECT ATTITUDES, BEHAVIOR, AND PERCEPTION Do you realize how much your words will affect each other over the years? People say things they do not mean to hurt (intentionally) all of the time that have a long-lasting effect on the recipient. A lot of couples do not realize that a simple argument could bring out words that are hurtful and damaging to the relationship for many years to come. Those few words could end a relationship in a heartbeat. “Speech is such a natural thing for most people, and language so

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