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I’ll have to admit that sometimes even I am guilty of these useless and even immature communication tactics. They’re not communication tactics at all, really, because the nature of true communication means saying exactly what you mean with the appropriate corresponding tone, and medium of message. But sometimes, when our emotions get the best of us, we aren’t really looking for an open dialogue; we are looking to monopolize a conversation, vent, project, and lash out. That’s when we can turn to some, um, alternative forms of expressing our feelings. Men and women tend to communicate a bit differently. We can certainly meet on middle ground, but women are just more intuitive and perhaps better at interpreting emotions. We expect men to be the same but…sometimes they aren’t, which leaves them at a loss when we use these communication tactics.
Leading questions
“Hey, have you noticed that we’re never out of toilet paper? Have you ever thought about where it comes from?” I don’t know why but, it can be fun for us to watch men piece information together in front of our eyes. But it’s a bit patronizing.
