They don’t listen.
And what do men most resent about women (other than not enough, well, you know)?
They try to change (“improve”) men. Ah, differences.
A related contention:
Women talk too much.
Men, not enough.
But is it true? Perhaps not if you’re in college, according to some who disagree with a new study published in Science magazine.
“Conventional wisdom: women use 20,000 words a day, men 7,000. Come cocktail hour, hubby played out. Wife frustrated: 13,000 words to go, no takers. Bad for sex,” writes Donald G. McNeil, Jr. in a pithy, humorous piece in today’s New York Times.
Perhaps feeling that this finding was not based on solid research, my fellow Sausalitan, Louann Brizendine removed it from the later editions of her wildly popular book, “Female Brain.”
Regardless of how you feel about the efficacy of the study, find help in How to Improve Your Marriage Without Talking About It (now that's a popular title).
The last word today goes to McNeil:
“Finally, joke (typical male conversation dodge) to prove myth remains persuasive.
Man: Study here says women talk twice as much as men.
Wife: Of course we do. We have to repeat everything we say.
Man: What?”
