A few weeks ago, my mother and I stopped by my Aunt Jessica’s house, we were supposed to be having dinner over there later that night, but my mom and my grandma, who was staying with Jessica, were getting their hair cut first. On our way, we swung to pick up my grandma at Jessica’s. We had decided that I should drive my mom’s new car, a Ford Explorer, because I didn’t have much experience with it and since it wasn’t a very long distance to drive it wouldn’t be too bad. We went inside Jessica’s house, just to say hello, and pick up my Grandma. While we were inside Jessica asked where we were going, and my mom told her they were going to get a hair cut. Rita offered to let my sister and I stay there wh

This Situation will help me in future conflicts, because I will be able to look back on what has happened and know what not to say. I learned that jumping to conclusions does not help at all, and that is something I will need to work on. Also getting an attitude towards someone will only make the situation worse. I need to learn to stay open to others opinions and feelings, and give them a chance to explain what they mean before I get angry and say something I don’t mean. Also, learning to “think before I speak” will help me a lot. Thinking things through before I say the mean things in my head will most likely help me avoid some future conflicts. I know now that Jessica was just looking out for me, and that she wouldn’t want anything bad to happen to me. I only wish I could have known that then, I can’t change the fact that I didn’t, but now that I do, further situations with Jessica should run a lot smoother.

The communication in this situation was faulty, because Jessica assumed that I knew she meant the SUV was the problem and not me as a driver. I assumed that she was calling me a bad driver, and that she didn’t trust me. Neither of us knew how to communicate our ideas to one another without getting upset. I believe that I could have handled this conflict way better than I did. I jumped to conclusions right away, and I didn’t give Jessica a chance to explain that she didn’t mean I was a bad driver, just that she was worried about the car, and how if something did go wrong my lack of experience wouldn’t help. I know that if I could have stayed calm and tried to see it from her point of view the entire conversation could have gone so much better. I also could have been more re

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