I Only Say This Because I Love You: Talking In Families Audiobook (Free)

Why does talk in families so often use circles, leaving us tangled up in knots? Linguist Deborah Tannen unveils why talking to family members is so often painful and difficult — even when we’re all adults.

Searching for symptoms of acceptance and owed, we find indications of disapproval and rejection. Why perform the seeds of family members love so often yield a harvest of criticism and judgment? In I Just State This Because I REALLY LIKE You, Tannen displays how important it is, in family members talk, to learn to split up about I Just State This Because I REALLY LIKE You: Speaking In Families word meanings, or text messages, from center meanings, or metamessages — unstated but effective meanings which come from the annals of our interactions and the way things are said.

Showing real conversations from people’s lives, Tannen explores what’s actually going on in family speak, including how family conversations must sense of balance the longing for connection with the desire to have control, even as we struggle to be close without giving up our freedom.

This eye-opening audiobook explains why grown women so often feel criticized by their mothers — and just why mothers feel they can’t open their mouths around their grown daughters, why growing up female or male, or as a mature or younger sibling, results in various experiences of family that persist throughout our lives. BY helping us to understand and redefine family members talk, Tannen supplies the tools to improve relationships with family of every age.