Call it venting.
Call it getting things off your chest.
Sometimes people need to talk things through without any expectation of a plan of action growing out of it. It's up to the listener to decide whether the speaker is looking for suggestions or if he just wants to be heard.
I think women most of the time just want to be heard and understood. We aren't necessarily looking for any kind of action or solution. Where most men think that there always has to be a solution put into action. It must be in their nature to always have to fix whatever is wrong. Women know that we can't always fix things but we can deal with it if we can voice our frustration. I'm pretty sure it's a "Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus" thing.
ReplyDeleteI have noticed this fix-it mentality in men, too. I decided to leave the post more open to interpretation, but it was nice to see you had the same observation.
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