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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Woman here.  My experience is that men do talk about their feelings.  But sometimes it takes a while.  You might bring something up, but it's the next day before he can really respond with a good answer (or maybe even several days). [b] Also, most of their feelings are worries about being inadequate at work, and not that much about how your relationship.  [/b]If you are willing to be patient and accept his feelings for what they are, then he will talk to you.[/quote]

You were doing okay until you got to the bolded part.  Gross generalization that reflects only your experience.  [/quote]

I don't think I am wrong, but maybe.  I do think that for some men, talking about how a presentation went or this big meeting that's coming up IS sharing their feelings, and if you are married to such a man, it is important to recognize that.[/quote]

I'm not quibbling with your basic premise, especially the part about listening and taking his concerns seriously.  I'm simply saying that it's an oversimplification to say that all we care about is work.  If you've read enough of the threads here you must have noticed that our concerns do actually include our marriages, our kids, etc.  I might be really stressed about work but when I get home I'm not really interested in talking about it.  I'd rather leave my work at the office.  That's not a guy thing, it's just the way I'm wired.  My wife is much more likely to want to talk about work.  When I do need to talk about feelings, it's much more likely to be about our relationship.  Not because I enjoy it, but because there are issues we need to work on.  [/quote]

Pp here, and this is just about the sexiest thing I have ever heard a man say[/quote]

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