They may not have had role models who showed them how this might be achieved when they were younger. Commonly, people who don’t find it easy to access or express themselves have not have grown up in an environment where being open with feelings was rewarded or encouraged. This can happen for a variety of reasons. It may be something they genuinely find very hard to do. People who aren’t able to do this aren’t necessarily doing it because they want to frustrate you or as a way of scoring points. However, being open with your emotions isn’t always so easy.
If you aren’t able to be open and honest with your partner - or they aren’t able to be open and honest with you - it can meant things begin to build up and resentment begins to form. Being able to talk about your emotions - as we often say at Relate - is a really important part of maintaining a happy and healthy relationship. It’s understandable why you would want to get your partner to open up. Or, more likely, perhaps they’re simply telling you that everything is fine, changing the subject or deflecting attention in other ways. Perhaps they’re bluntly refusing to say what’s going on. Or you may feel like you can tell that there’s something on their mind - but that they’re not letting you know what it is. You may want to get them to open up because there’s something you feel you should talk about together. In this case there are lots of alternatives you can use, as there are so many English exclamations to express pleasure.Feeling like your partner is guarded with their feelings can be really frustrating. For example: “You got tickets for the gig? YES!” Yes can also be an exclamation, expressing great pleasure or excitement. Mike: “…it contains some errors in the last paragraph.” Mike: “There’s a problem with the report…” I see – this one would be used when someone is giving you some information rather than asking you a question. a lot while they’re listening to someone in a conversation this is a sign of a bored and half-hearted yes! If you hear someone repeating Uh-huh….uh-huh…. I hear you – which is more formal, and tends to be used in the workplace as business jargon. In this context, some alternatives to yes might include:
You’ll often hear people saying yes in this context a lot while they are on the phone, or in any kind of conversation. Here, Dave is reassuring Mike that he has heard what he is saying, and is encouraging Mike to continue his question. Mike: “Did you get them from the shop on the high street?” Mike: “When you bought those photographs…” Yes can be used to encourage someone to continue speaking. Yes can be used as a response to someone addressing you or trying to attract your attention. Right? – this is by far the most common alternative to yes that you’ll hear in this context, and you’ll often hear it tacked on to the end of sentences like this. For example: “You got the report handed in on time, yes?” Yes can also be asked at the end of a statement to indicate the expectation of agreement.
Yeah, right… – this one can be used sarcastically, with reference to the above examples, when you actually thought the evening was boring or the lunch was lousy. Its use has spread worldwide through movies and music, and is still widely used today, most commonly among younger native English speakers. Totally! – this is a laid back, colloquial alternative to ‘yes’ that originally comes from the teen surfer and skate culture in America. Here are some to try depending on how much you agree or disagree with the statement in question: But here, different levels of enthusiasm can be expressed depending on the alternative ‘yes’ word that you use.
The above alternatives are all very positive. Yes can be a word that you use to express your agreement with a positive statement, such as “That was a great evening” or “Wasn’t that a fantastic lunch?” Yes can be an answer in response to an offer, such as “I’ve got spare tickets to the big game this weekend if you’d like one?” or “I could help you with your homework tonight if you like?”įo sho! – a more informal youth slang meaning for sure, or certainly Or a more formal one, such as “Please make sure the paperwork is finished for 5 o’clock.” Yes can be an answer in response to a request, be it an informal one, such as “Could you pass the butter please?” Yep and yeah are very common alternatives to yes, but are only used informally, among people you know well, and they might be frowned upon in formal settings, such as the workplace when you’re speaking to your boss. The use of ‘yes’ here tends to be very straightforward, with little need for emotion, so some simple alternatives might be: Yes can be an answer in response to a question, such as “Have you seen where I put my briefcase?” or “Do you understand?”
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