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Active listening within friendships
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RE: Active listening within friendships
July 23, 2016 at 7:21 pm
(July 23, 2016 at 3:49 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: Be careful what you wish for. In most of my day to day conversations (friend or not), the other person does not want to hear my conclusions/observations of active listening. They are much more comfortable with passive listening and passive response.

I get that a lot as well (and I've been told that I'm a VERY good listener). I can usually suss out if they actually want advice or just want to yak. First (once they stop for breath), I'll ask - sincerely - 'What can I do?'. If they want advice/help, they'll generally tell me once the opening is given. If they seem to ignore my offer, I tend to let them run on until they clearly feel better and I'll try to wrap up the convo with something like, 'Good talk' or 'Glad I was here for you'.

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Active listening within friendships

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Active listening within friendships - by Edwardo Piet - July 23, 2016 at 10:18 am
RE: Active listening within friendships - by robvalue - July 23, 2016 at 10:48 am
RE: Active listening within friendships - by Losty - August 1, 2016 at 3:37 am
RE: Active listening within friendships - by Cyberman - August 1, 2016 at 11:57 am
RE: Active listening within friendships - by Edwardo Piet - July 23, 2016 at 12:05 pm
RE: Active listening within friendships - by Edwardo Piet - July 24, 2016 at 12:17 am
RE: Active listening within friendships - by brewer - July 23, 2016 at 3:49 pm
RE: Active listening within friendships - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - July 23, 2016 at 7:21 pm
RE: Active listening within friendships - by Edwardo Piet - July 24, 2016 at 12:18 am
RE: Active listening within friendships - by Cyberman - July 23, 2016 at 4:22 pm
RE: Active listening within friendships - by Cyberman - July 24, 2016 at 8:10 am
RE: Active listening within friendships - by robvalue - July 24, 2016 at 11:25 am
RE: Active listening within friendships - by Gawdzilla - July 24, 2016 at 12:20 pm
RE: Active listening within friendships - by Cyberman - July 24, 2016 at 1:47 pm
RE: Active listening within friendships - by robvalue - July 24, 2016 at 9:21 pm
RE: Active listening within friendships - by Cyberman - July 24, 2016 at 9:26 pm
RE: Active listening within friendships - by ignoramus - July 25, 2016 at 12:37 am
RE: Active listening within friendships - by J a c k - July 25, 2016 at 12:41 am
RE: Active listening within friendships - by ignoramus - July 25, 2016 at 5:47 am
RE: Active listening within friendships - by Edwardo Piet - August 1, 2016 at 3:38 am
RE: Active listening within friendships - by Banjo - August 1, 2016 at 7:10 am
RE: Active listening within friendships - by Edwardo Piet - August 1, 2016 at 7:29 am
RE: Active listening within friendships - by Edwardo Piet - August 1, 2016 at 12:05 pm
RE: Active listening within friendships - by Losty - August 1, 2016 at 2:14 pm
RE: Active listening within friendships - by Cyberman - August 1, 2016 at 2:16 pm

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