Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man

about me?” Yup, that guy is going to have a lot of fixing to
do.
But the more experienced man—the one who can read his
lady’s moods and tell when something is wrong—is going to
ask her what’s up, and no matter how many times she says,
“nothing,” he’s going to ask again and again until she starts
coming clean and opens up, though, in his heart of hearts, he
will be hoping to God there’s really nothing wrong, and if there
is something wrong, he will be able to just fix it because he
doesn’t want to see her pout. Even when he thinks she is done
talking, he’ll push her until the issue is resolved because he can’t
leave it at, “Wow, sorry that happened.” He will immediately
launch into The Fix.
This is not to say you’ll never have a conversation with your
man that lasts longer than two minutes. We understand that
sometimes we’re going to have to give a little more in terms of
communicating with you—that every now and then we’re
going to have to spill our guts and reveal what’s going on in our
heads. We also know that you may just want to lie in our arms
and cuddle and talk it out with absolutely no resolution. We are
capable of doing this, too. It’s not easy. But it can be done. We
know that sitting and listening and even participating in a long
conversation about your feelings is necessary and inevitable. But
don’t be surprised if those conversations are few and far be-
tween. Detailed conversation is what you have with your girl-
friends. Men just want to hear the problem and then fix it. It’s