My, my the woman-haters are out in force tonight! Here, all over the Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann, Christine O’Donnell threads. What a delight to be at FR at moments like this.
YUCKO!
They aren't women haters at all; they are men.
They put up with incessant chatter out of respect.
Men are hardwired to "fix" things, to be "doers" not talkers.
A great male-female conversation goes this way: "Honey, the toilet is running."
"Did you rattle the handle?"
"Yes."
"Is it backed up?"
"Nope."
"Got it," the man remarks, getting up to retrieve his tool kit and head for the bathroom.
A bad male-female conversation: "Honey, that toilet is really bothering me."
"What's wrong?"
"It's making a squeaking noise and wasting a ton of water. You know, it's going to run up the water bill, I know it! We're in a drought right now..."
"What kind of noise?"
"An obnoxious squeaking noise. Can't you hear it? It kept me up all night last night. Between your snoring and that noise, I had a terrible day at work."
"What kind of squeaking noise?" the man huffs impatiently.
"Didn't you hear me? I told you already. You never listen. That's the problem in this relationship...you don't listen and you don't value me as a person..."
The man, frustrated, gets up to retrieve his tool box, which causes his partner to grow extremely agitated; a squabble ensues, and the toilet is not fixed.
FTR, I'm a woman.