one thing leads to another

[Gerianne]

Sometimes, one misunderstanding leads to another.
That type of situation can become very interesting and twice or three times as hard to straighten out.

[lorettahknox]

Have you ever had the experience of speaking english to someone and looking in their eyes only to see that they think you are saying something other than what you are saying? It is clear that you are speaking in a way that they should be able to understand you yet they don't have a clue what you are saying. It is the weirdest thing I have seen. I totally get what you mean about misunderstandings. While this is just an example of a single one, I can imagine that multiplied and it is not pretty. No way!

[msmoneybags48]

 I have heard it said that the way things are said lead to misunderstandings.  It is just as easy to not take it personally.  The way these things are said can be taken out of context.

[LenoraMinogue]

That's so true. Misunderstandings can easily happen. Good communication helps though.

[bobes915]

Regardless of how skilled a communicator someone is, if you are communicating something to a number of people, someone else will always misunderstand what you are saying.