What Men Would Like Women To Know.

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Sigmund

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Gentlemen,

What would you like your significant other (SO) to know?

May I give you some examples?

"You embarrassed me at the party!"

"How?"

"Well, if you don't know, I won't tell you why!"

The Silent Treatment.

"Hi, Sweety! How was your day?"


*A glare that would melt icebergs*

* Honey? What's wrong?*

And you are met with tumble weeds, crickets chirping and wolves howling in the background.

( I will let you know what my husband found out. The hard way. We were watching the Dallas Cowboys game, The Dallas Cowgirls cheerleaders were strutting their stuff and I noticed my husband. His jaw was on his lap and I do believe...there was drool, Ha!) ( I was young and goofy. I got over it,)

Ha!

Ladies and Gentlemen, What would you like your SO to know?

Peace.
 
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notebookgirl said:
IT wouldn't hurt while you are are spring break and I am not, to clean the house. It would have been awesome to come home one day to a CLEAN house!

Also, it doesn't hurt to tell me I am beautiful now and again. You do it sometimes, but, I wouldn't mind a little extra effort. HA
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Tell me I'm beautiful all the time - that never gets old. And when you do the chores, it frees me up for more time with you.
 
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After about 40 years or so, we've pretty much figured out what we should know, what we should talk about, and what we should shut our mouths about.

Pretty much. People still get in annoying habits. I guess mine would be, "When you want something done, don't talk to me like I'm eight. It's counterproductive because I get resentful. And you wouldn't want me to talk to you like that."

And given our history, I'm sure there will come a time when the stars are in the right place for that to be effective and not cause its own resentment, and it'll get said.


Relationship advice for the guys. Consider the source, and take it or leave it:

Do unexpected nice things. Flowers once in a while. Or tell her something like. "Holy fazoli, you sure look hot. It's like I'm falling in love with you for the first time again."
Get her to laugh. Women love a partner with humor. It covers up a host of physical defects, and I'm saying that from experience. If I don't get a hearty laugh out of Grandma at least once a day, I haven't done my marital duty, or at least that one.
Learn to say two things, and sincerely:
You're right.
I love you.​

And if you want to open your mouth and start with, "I probably shouldn't say this," then shut the hell up and don't say it at all. Keeping quiet at the right time is just as important as knowing what to say at other times.

There's lots of other things to say and do, but those are some basics.
 
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notebookgirl said:
IT wouldn't hurt while you are are spring break and I am not, to clean the house. It would have been awesome to come home one day to a CLEAN house!

Also, it doesn't hurt to tell me I am beautiful now and again. You do it sometimes, but, I wouldn't mind a little extra effort. HA
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...you're beautiful, you're beautiful, you're beautiful......
 
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Grandpa said:
After about 40 years or so, we've pretty much figured out what we should know, what we should talk about, and what we should shut our mouths about.

Pretty much. People still get in annoying habits. I guess mine would be, "When you want something done, don't talk to me like I'm eight. It's counterproductive because I get resentful. And you wouldn't want me to talk to you like that."

And given our history, I'm sure there will come a time when the stars are in the right place for that to be effective and not cause its own resentment, and it'll get said.


Relationship advice for the guys. Consider the source, and take it or leave it:

Do unexpected nice things. Flowers once in a while. Or tell her something like. "Holy fazoli, you sure look hot. It's like I'm falling in love with you for the first time again."
Get her to laugh. Women love a partner with humor. It covers up a host of physical defects, and I'm saying that from experience. If I don't get a hearty laugh out of Grandma at least once a day, I haven't done my marital duty, or at least that one.
Learn to say two things, and sincerely:
You're right.
I love you.​

And if you want to open your mouth and start with, "I probably shouldn't say this," then shut the hell up and don't say it at all. Keeping quiet at the right time is just as important as knowing what to say at other times.

There's lots of other things to say and do, but those are some basics.
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...I figured these out before 20 rolled around....IMPLEMENTING them all the time is the hard part, as I am genetically thick-headed...
 
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Pick your battles. Is the topic you're about to go head to head on really worth a week of walking around each other like a couple of pissed off tomcats? I think compromise is the most hard learned and valuable lesson of a marriage and once you get there. We've both learned it over twenty years and we're both better for it I think. I completely agree with grandpa about having a sense of humor. If I don't crack my wife up at least once a day with a work story or general stupid comment or action, I get worried.
 
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Grandpa said:
After about 40 years or so, we've pretty much figured out what we should know, what we should talk about, and what we should shut our mouths about.

Pretty much. People still get in annoying habits. I guess mine would be, "When you want something done, don't talk to me like I'm eight. It's counterproductive because I get resentful. And you wouldn't want me to talk to you like that."

And given our history, I'm sure there will come a time when the stars are in the right place for that to be effective and not cause its own resentment, and it'll get said.


Relationship advice for the guys. Consider the source, and take it or leave it:

Do unexpected nice things. Flowers once in a while. Or tell her something like. "Holy fazoli, you sure look hot. It's like I'm falling in love with you for the first time again."
Get her to laugh. Women love a partner with humor. It covers up a host of physical defects, and I'm saying that from experience. If I don't get a hearty laugh out of Grandma at least once a day, I haven't done my marital duty, or at least that one.
Learn to say two things, and sincerely:
You're right.
I love you.​

And if you want to open your mouth and start with, "I probably shouldn't say this," then shut the hell up and don't say it at all. Keeping quiet at the right time is just as important as knowing what to say at other times.

There's lots of other things to say and do, but those are some basics.
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Bravo! All those things!
 
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Laughter is good - it's something my Ogre excels at for sure. Very few things are worth a week of angst. As a matter of fact, I can't think of a single thing I want to fight that hard over. Men tend to say something and move on, but girls will preen a grudge like a diamond sometimes. I've tried to learn to let things go, even though I do love to be right all the time. I've also learned that if I keep things spicy, life is ever so much easier. Sometimes men really are that simple.
 
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