1.2. Some men really don't like to listen, because being the listener makes them feel one-down.
1.3. Women who feel abandoned and deprived when their husbands won't listen to or report daily news may be happy to discover their husbands trying to adapt once they understand the place of small talk in women's relationships.
2. Contrasting points
2.1. men talk more than women in public situations but less at home
2.2. Most wives want their husbands to be there conversational partner.
2.3. Men take too literally women's ritual troubles talk, just as women mistake men's ritual challenges for real attack.
3. problem solutions
3.1. Sit down and actually listen to your partner
3.2. Ask them how their day is going
3.3. When there is a problem between the two discuss the issue.
