What Rhonda went through was difficult in two ways. One, she had to experience the grieving of breaking up with her ex-boyfriend, and two, she had to experience the grieving of losing someone she knew. Both situations can be extremely difficult, and it would make sense why she might act out of hurt and confusion, and she might say things she doesn’t mean, but does it make sense for her to act this way at a funeral? Well, probably not. We do know, though, that Rhonda’s ex-boyfriend was going to be attending the funeral and that is why she acted the way she did. The situation Rhonda went through relies heavily on the idea of “face,” and it also relies on using correct communication strategies. The face work in the interaction at the funeral was not the type of person Rhonda wanted to be. The situation that Rhonda went through relies heavily on face. Her face was threatened due to outside factors of the breakup and the looming threat of seeing her ex-boyfriend put her on edge. The type of face that was threatened in Rhonda’s situation was her fellowship face. The fellowship face is defined as “our need to be seen as someone other people want to be around. It’s being seen as likeable and connected to others” (Sprague, R. 2018). Because Rhonda’s fellowship face was threatened, she was unable to connect with …show more content…
108). For example, if Rhonda would have bounced her thoughts off someone about the situation she was in beforehand, it could’ve helped her create a script in her mind of what she was going to say and do when she saw each person at the funeral. This could get her prepared and she would probably feel less anxious. Before any intense situation, it is good to talk things out to someone you trust and get feedback on if something you want to say is appropriate or not depending on the setting you’re going to be