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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because when I tell my DW about my feelings she tells me I'm wrong and it's my fault.  Or she starts crying and I end up apologizing just to get her to stop crying.  [/quote]

I think there is something to this. Woman here - not afraid of OP's "ban.". There are some people (women and men) who say the want to discuss "our feelings" but really what the person asking is saying is that s/he wants to discuss his/her feelings and have the non-communicator mirror these. If it isn't mirrored or the non-communicator expresses contrary feelings, then the above happens.[/quote]

Another woman daring to break in here. I wonder though if this is a symptom of the overall drought. IE, man talks about his feelings when something becomes big enough to talk about so its either negative or a really big deal. First 'feeling' woman hears about in ages is about how he doesn't feel respected or something, woman thinks she's a giant failure.

Had man been more generally communicative about his emotional state on a regular basis, maybe criticisms wouldn't be taken as hard.

Not to say there aren't cray cray drama queens. But my DH is very stoic and if he told me he was feeling worried about something I would freak out because it would seem like the sky was falling. For him to feel bad enough to bring something up would make me think we were on the verge of divorce or something. I would try not to but it would be so out of character that it would be legitimately alarming.[/quote]

Women breaking in nonstop gives you your answer - the women talk so much there just isn't s chance for the men to talk.[/quote]

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