Why don't men talk?

[MassacreOHara]

or why won't they talk and how do you encourage them to?

Tell me about it grrrrr

looking forward to the replies!

Ask them about football. Or parking. Or eating.

bollocks moh you ARE me!
No, no idea
Like the scary new name

bollocks moh you ARE me!
No, no idea
Like the scary new name

Asked Dh and he says "Its just the way we are" Hope that helps don't suppose

just asked my dh this question (sat nearby) to get answer from a man and he just looked momentarily very scared, left the room saying "i dont know"

Ha he doesn't like football!!

Tonight he's staying at his house because "he's got a headache" even though he's been off for days. He'd rather thn sulk and bury his head in the sandthan talk about it! prat!

But he doesn't talk about much at all really.

LOL @ looking scared Muppet!

dh returned to the room and added - we dont want to argue so easier not to talk!?

muppet my dh is in stitches

in that case why are men so dumb? surely they should know that burying head in sand = worse arguement at the end! (yes I know generalising here, obviously recognise the fact that not all men are dumb!)

They just don't.

Having had 2 daughters before 2 sons, both of whom have pretty much left home, I realise I am stuck with 3 fairly non-communicative men now. When the girls came home from school they would tell me loads of stuff about their days - the boys don't

In August the "men" and I, and DD2, went to a family gathering; I drove and DD2 sat behind me and we talked almost non-stop - DH was stunned and actually sounded sympathetic to me when he suggested he and DD2 swapped places (mind you he also wanted to get his head down in the back).

Men are from mars. Get used to it...

Masscara - dh declined to add any further comments as quote "I am not being used for cheap entertainment"!!

Overdraft - think dh might need your dh as an ally on this one!!

Market it not as 'cheap entertainment' but as 'a valuable insight into the mind of man'

DH just came in with some food for me and I said "hang on, stop here and let's have a chat" and he ran out muttering about "having stuff to do". Probably packing a small suitcase

same thing Massacre - same thing!

lol @ leaast mine isn't the only one.

Sometimes he makes an feeort but as soon as I start talking about something after about 2minutes he forgets to even look interested and starts doing or talking about something completely different

this is funny if I wasn't so totally hacked off
he called me from the pub and suggested we sort things out by email

My dw developed a method of following me round the house until I had no choice but to talk, just to get rid of her!
If a man read this his reply might be, "why do women have to talk about everything all the time?". Most of the time, I'm just happy to be left to my thoughts.

I don't think its all men My dh has had a lot of female friends over the years and you can't shut him up He will talk to me about anything My ex on the other hand never spoke about anything and it destroyed us

Oh Ninah! men eh!!

I actually quite enjoyed not having him around last night. I'd forgotten how much I like my own company, might suggest he only comes round a couple of times a week from now on. Demote him from dp to boyf status!

Although he did phone me at about 9:30 to say hi and tell me he loved me.

DH & I used to have some of the most blazing rows because he wouldn't talk to me. Any issue used to get blown out of proportion (by me) because "he wouldn't let me" get it out of my system and I'd turn into a pressure cooker. I have since discovered that if I talk to someone (sister/mum/mate) & get all my feelings out (ie what a selfish/thoughtless git he's been or whatever) I'm then able to just sit down and give DH facts (which he prefers as emotions clearly scare him to death & he closes off completely). I still say "i felt really hurt/angry about the fact that you did/did not blah blah so I would like you to blah blah blah" but I say it as a fact rather than it actually being the case at the time. It works for us anyway. I suppose they're just like kids really and expect exteremes of emotion scared us once! lol