Alice has recently become frustrated with her friend Billy due to his constant need for attention. She decided that she simply didn't have the time or emotional energy to communicate with him anymore. Therefore, she stopped interacting with him, telling herself, "I'm just going to avoid communicating with him for a while. I won't say anything to him, good or bad." After a few days, Billy confronted her: "Why are you so mad at me?" Alice replied, "I didn't say anything! In fact, I didn't communicate with you at all!" What principle of interpersonal communication was Alice forgetting?

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Alice was forgetting that interpersonal communication is continuous, meaning that even if she didn't say anything directly to Billy, her lack of communication still conveyed a message to him.

Alice Has Recently Become Frustrated with Her Friend Billy Due