This entry was posted on Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009 at 9:00 am and is filed under Husband. It has been visited 423 times, 1 so far today. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
Lies Wives Believe
A Satirical Look at Married Life
She Just Doesn’t Understand Me
A lot of times when men say “She doesn’t understand me” it’s an excuse because they haven’t tried hard enough, but sometimes it’s because she’s just gotten to the point where she knows all your stories:
"My wife doesn’t understand me." Really means….
"She’s heard all my stories before, and is tired of them."
Men have trouble with communication. It’s not that they have trouble talking—it’s usually that they have trouble listening, and most people—and men are included here—have a face they were in public and in private. Unfortunately, after time has passed men will spend more time with the public face on to everyone else and the private face with his family. The private, exhausted face is not a pretty sight.
So, next time he gives you an excuse for something like he’s done many times before, don’t accept what he has to say, or let him get away with it—take some time and try to feel out why he’s dodging. Maybe not right then, but figure out a way to get him to open up to what’s going on.
Communication is a two way street, and you both need to be working on it together.
One Response to “She Just Doesn’t Understand Me”
Leave a Reply
February 3rd, 2009 at 2:54 pm
Another big thing on male/female communication is that men speak simply. Women speak between the lines. So when a woman speaks, men try to listen simply. When a man speaks, women try to listen between the lines. Enter material for every sitcom ever.
Anna Graces last blog post..A Thought on our New President