Week 5 #3

In chapter 13, Watzlawick mentions " content" which is " the report part of a message, what is said verbally. " and " relationship " that is " the command part of the message; how it`s said nonverbally," ( P 172). If there is no content, there is no relationship. For example, my husband and his older brother had some kind of misunderstand 10 years ago. After that, they didn`t meet and talk to each other. Now, my husband understands that he made a mistake in 10 years ago; and he likes to call his older brother to say sorry. But, when he called his brother, he found out that his brother moved out to another state; he can`t find the brother. They haven`t contacted for ten years, haven`t known how they were and where they lived. They have been strangers even though they are brothers. Therefore, there is no content between epople, there is no relationship even though they are in the same family. Two days ago, his sister called my husband and gave the brother`s phone number to him. Yesterday, my husband called his brother, they talked on the phone about four hours about the happen 10 years ago, how they were in the 10 years, and how their families were. After the call, my husband said that he understood more his brother than 10 years ago, and didn`t understand why he didn`t call his brother within 10 years. They are still brothers and try to become the best friends. They lost their relationship about 10 years; they are very thankful to have the relationship back to their life. So, content and relationship are related to each other.