I had lunch with delightful writer friend, Tammy.
We all know that writers have A.D.D. We skirted all sorts of topics and landed on relationships. Tammy is insightful and proposed that all this time women have been blaming our guy problems on testosterone, but it's possible that the problems have been because of estrogen. Once menopause happens, we discover our true selves.
My thought on this: another word for estrogen is PLEASE. Please may I? Please allow me. Please stop. Pleaser!
When the estrogen is depleted we finally focus on pleasing ourselves.
Could it be, like the recent discovery of a possible cure for diabetes, Tammy and I have stumbled upon a gender realted biological discovery, the real reason why so many relationships fail?
All kidding aside, I believe that communication is the real problem in most relationships. Too many of us listen with the intent to retort instead of hearing the other person out. Sometimes all the other person wants is to be heard, not to have his or her 'way'.
If only more couples would validate the other, instead of debate.