MODULE 8 ASSIGNMENT

For this assignment you will play the role of a Gender Communication Expert, for the City Colleges Weekly newspaper. You are the “Dear Abby” of City Colleges Weekly. Using the information our learned in this module you will provide expert relationship advice to two readers. You are to answer the two questions integrating the material from the current weeks reading as well as any relevant material from other chapters. Please make sure your response is articulate and grammatically correct.

Question One

Dear Gender Communication Expert,

I am a female college senior, and I am so frustrated with my boyfriend Seth. Since we’ll be graduating soon, it’s important to me that we really make sure our relationship is strong before entering the “real world.” But when I tell Seth that I want to feel closer to him, he ignores me and instead just spent a bunch of money for us to go skydiving! I don’t want to jump out of a plane together, I want to talk! When I try to talk about my feelings about it, he barely looks at me and just starts fixing things around the apartment. Meanwhile, he just keeps planning more crazy dates like this. I’m afraid he might not want to be with me anymore. What should I do?

Scared Senior

Question 2

Dear Communication Expert,

I’m a 20-year-old gay man. My boyfriend, Andrew, is driving me crazy! I really love him, but he’s so needy. When we first got together, he was so independent, but now he’s bugging me all the time to spend more time together and talk more on the phone. I like hanging out with Andrew, but I feel myself pulling back because it’s so annoying how much he wants to hang out. Spending time together used to be special, but now I feel like it’s never enough for him. Even though I care so much, the more he wants to see me, the less I find I want to see him. This would make sense to me if I just weren’t interested, but I really like Andrew, and I know he’s starting to think I don’t! What’s going on?

Desperately Seeking Space