“After 26 years of marriage, I have the educational background to know that this is a subject best left alone.”
After 20 years of marriage, I was gratified to learn that my wife’s listening problems are not unique. I concur with another poster that women have extraordinary memories, e.g. recalling details of meals eaten and clothes worn at gatherings years ago. But I’ve also noticed my wife has short-term memory glitches that are consistently biased in her favor, e.g., what time we agreed to leave for an event or what time I said I would pick her up. My tentative hypothesis is that women hear what they want to hear and this newest study confirms that line of thinking, IMHO.
After several decades of experience, I would also point out that one rule for happy living is "Never tell a woman what she doesn't want to hear".