Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus

(Tina Meador) #1

insteadoftalkingaboutherown thoughtsandfeelingsshemakesthemistakeofaskinghimquestions
abouthisfeelingsandthoughts.Whenhehasnothingtosay, sheconcludeshedoesn'twanttohavea
conversationwithher.


Withalloftheseincorrectbeliefsaboutwhyamanisnottalking,itisnowonderthatwomenarefrustrated
withmen.


NOWTOGETAMANTOTALK.......................................................................................................


Whenawomanwantstotalkorfeelstheneedtogetclose,sheshoulddothetalkingandnotexpecta
mantoinitiatetheconversation.Toinitiateaconversationsheneedstobethefirsttobeginsharing,even
ifherpartnerhaslittletosay.Assheappreciateshimforlistening,graduallyhewillhavemoretosay.


Amancanbevery opentohavingaconversationwithawomanbutatfirsthavenothingtosay.What
womendon'tknowaboutMartiansisthattheyneedtohaveareasontotalk.Theydon'ttalkjustforthe
sakeofsharing.Butwhenawomantalksforawhile,amanwillstarttoopenupandsharehowherelates
towhatshehasshared.


Forexample,ifshetalksaboutsomeofherdifficultiesduringthedayhemaysharesomeofthedifficulties
ofhisdaysothattheycanunderstandeachother.Ifshetalksaboutherfeelingsaboutthekids,hemay
thentalkabouthisfeelingsaboutthekids.Assheopensupandhedoesn'tfeelblamedorpressured,then
hegraduallybeginstoopenup.


How Women Pressure Men to Talk


Awomansharingherthoughtsnaturallymotivatesamantotalk.Butwhenhefeelsademandisbeing
madethathetalk,hismindgoesblank.Hehasnothingtosay.Evenifhehassomethingtosayhewill
resistbecausehefeelsherdemand.


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interrogatinghim.Especiallywhenhedoesn'tfeeltheneedtotalk.Awomanmistakenlyassumesthata
man"needstotalk"andtherefore"should."SheforgetsthatheisfromMarsanddoesn'tfeeltheneedto
talkasmuch.


Sheevenfeelsthatunlesshetalks,hedoesn'tloveher.Torejectamanfornottalkingistoensurethathe
hasnothingtosay.Amanneedstofeelacceptedjustthewayheis,andthenhewillgraduallyopenup.
Hedoesnotfeelacceptedwhenshewantshimtotalkmoreorresentshimforpullingaway.


Amanwhoneedstopullawayalotbeforehecanlearntoshareandopenupwillfirstneedtolistenalot.
Heneedstobeappreciatedforlistening,thengraduallyhewillsaymore.

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