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Originally Posted by cwar
Ok so when a girl has had a bad day why does she always feel it necessary to bring me down as well? Besides most girls definition of a bad day is like that bitch at work gave her a dirty look.
Along the same vein, why dont I get any credit for listening to you complain about your "problems" for two hours when I accidentally suggest a solution and you flip out at me?
You obviously fail at this whole 'being a man' thing.
Here's what you're doing wrong:
When she's bitching, she just wants to feel that you're empathizing with her. The best way to do this is not by listening and giving ideas about what you might do in her situation, no, that would actually be empathizing with her.
As I said before, this is about
her wanting to
feel your empathy. To accomplish this, and it can take a while to master, you must completely ignore 90% of what she's talking about. You can accomplish this a number of ways. I prefer looking at online pron or playing poker/games. (your mileage may vary if she's right there in the room with you)
When you're distracted by doing something fun, you must learn to adapt and do a very special thing.
First, you will learn to match her tone. If she's angry bitching, you can seem somewhat upset about how unfair the situation is toward her. If she's light depressed bitching, you would obviously match by softening your tone as well, because you're sad about the unfortunate events that have transpired (whatever the hell they were).
The first, I think, is the most important, but also the easiest to learn.
The second key thing is to pick up on frequent or important words. Is it a word she uses on an everyday basis? Probably not integral to the story, ignore these. Is it someone's name from work that you don't hear often? They must be involved somehow, try to remember this.
These two points should be praticed until mastered. One of the reasons for this is because when you're occupying your mind with something else. your natural male tendency to try to figure out solutions is inhibited. Not good for a real problem that demands a real solution, but as females on here have already pointed out, that has nothing to do with anything.