So, many moons ago, my ex mother in law bought me "Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus". During the time of my marriage, I never read it ( me being my stubborn mule of a self) Anyway, I just began it and so far can safely say that I am impressed. The first chapter is talking about communication and handling stress. Parts make me laugh because of it's blatant truth... or at least what I can relate to as truth. Men hide in caves and women talk for freedom. Ok, that is a FAR too small and unfair simplification, but... it's one of the ideas. It says that men seclude themselves to handle the larger problem at hand... to find a suitable solution. Women talk through theirs, going from situation to situation many times in a irrational chronology and rarely stating the underlying problem, so that they can feel cared for while thinking out their own problems. The author does such a better job elaborating on the scenarios, but reading it really made me smile with sympathy. How men and women cohabitate may be one of the natural wonders.
I'll keep you posted if there are any other astounding revelations.
My comfort comes in reading this book earlier wouldn't have changed anything. :-)
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