There is no part of a dyadic relationship that is not communication. People’s brains are constantly processing information subconsciously and can turn nothing into something. When someone is trying to not communicate, for example sitting down expressionless, is still communicating that the person does not want to communicate. This is because of the spontaneous factor of dyadic communication. Since dyadic communication is not planned out, no matter what one person in the conversation does, the other person will have to spontaneously process what is going on. Four other characteristics that make all dyadic relationships communication are direct, personal, immediate, and informal.
The directness of dyadic relationships forces everything to be some sort of communication. For example, a person can hide in a group of people, but cannot hide in a face to face with another person. Being so direct, everything one person in a dyadic relationship does is communication because some sort of message will be sent to the other willingly or unwillingly. The immediateness of dyadic relationships causes each person to expect a response right away, causing each person so subconsciously process what is going on. The informal characteristic goes along with the spontaneous characteristic since everything is not planned out.
Everything in a dyadic relationship is communication; there is no way around it. Even when someone tries to not communicate they are communicating something. The direct, personal, immediate, spontaneous, and informal characteristics of dyadic communication forces whatever is going on at the time to be some sort of communication.
Well done, Josh.
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