'Silent treatment' leads women to death: study

CTV ^ | Sep. 4 2007 10:05 AM ET

[Grig]

“Women just keep it inside forever.”

My wife once had a co-worker who kept a book where she recorded things her husband did wrong so she could use it as ammo when they had fights.

[semaj]

Job 21:25 And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

Fortunately for my wife, but not always so fortunately for me, she never uses the silent treatment during our disagreements.

[wastedyears]

I don’t mean to sound rude, but would that include things like leaving the seat up?

[Fawn]

I wouldnt' be able to give a silent treatment....I need to yell (colorfully) and get it out....
It's healthy.

[Joe 6-pack]

"My wife once had a co-worker who kept a book where she recorded things her husband did wrong so she could use it as ammo when they had fights."

My ex had a photographic memory (really) so she didn't even treat herself to the cathartic exercise of writing it out.

[Alouette]

At the gates of Heaven there are two lines: “This line is for men who were abused by their wives.” “This line is for men who were never abused by their wives.”

Line #1 stretched on and on and on, out of sight.

Line #2 had one man standing in it.

The admitting angel said to the man in Line #2, “How fortunate you were to have such a wife!”

The man said, “My wife told me to stand in this line.”

[longtermmemmory]

Q: why do married men live longer?
A: They actually don’t, it just feeeeeeeeeels longer.

[GOP Poet]

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[CharlesWayneCT]

However, Eaker found that the health of men who indulged in the same "self-silencing" practice were not adversely affected.

Isn't being silent a key to not getting beat up by your wife? :-)

[PacesPaines]

My ornery grandmother used the silent treatment on her husband (my grandfather) and on her daughter (my mother) when she was irked at them.

My grandmother was never sick a day in her life and died just 2 months short of her 100th birthday.

[Hydroshock]

My wife is a Boston Irish redhead with the temper to match, if she gets quiet, I know to run, she is looking for something to hit me with.

[Badeye]

‘The study found that women who silenced themselves during marital disagreements were four times more likely to die earlier than women who expressed their feelings during arguments with their spouses. ‘

I’d love to know how they support this data.

We’re to believe that women who go ‘silent’ in response became ‘chatty Kathy’s’ to researchers about it?

Pardon me if I just laugh at this nonsense.

[Billthedrill]

Another joke back atcha - “Ladies don’t sweat, belch, or fart, so if they didn’t bitch they’d blow up.”

[gnarledmaw]

"We’re to believe that women who go ‘silent’ in response became ‘chatty Kathy’s’ to researchers about it?"

They discuss it with anybody but you, ask your wifes hairdresser...

[GovernmentIsTheProblem]

“My wife once had a co-worker who kept a book where she recorded things her husband did wrong so she could use it as ammo when they had fights.”

Why that’s a great idea!

;)

[Badeye]

They discuss it with anybody but you, ask your wifes hairdresser...

Sorry, I actually talk to my wife every day. I know, I know, its ‘shocking’....(chuckle)

[Old Grumpy]

“Hillary should live a long time based on the conclusion of this study.”

Ha! This is so true.

[Slings and Arrows]

“Hillary should live a long time based on the conclusion of this study.” Ha! This is so true.

Of course she will: Heaven doesn't want her, and Hell's afraid she'd take over.

[Mr. Jeeves]

Well, the effort an angry woman expends to keep quiet is roughly equivalent to the effort an angry man expends to chop three cords of firewood...so I guess this makes sense. ;)