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7000 words/day for women, 2000 words/day for men...

you do realize what that means, right?

that means that men are supposed to remember more than three times the amount of stuff because women expect them to remember everything.

of course, men's minds don't work that way.

nope.

we remember stuff that is interesting - not that what women have to say isn't interesting - it's just that men don't find every wordthat comes out of their mouths all that important sometimes...

women, on the other hand, believe that every sentence that comes out of their mouths is super important. Although, in relation to everything else she has said, really, everything ends up at the same level or importance - which really is the level which catches most guys off gaurd even though we go through it every other day (some how, we just supress our bad memories in this area).

this level is known as "You-weren't-listening-I-told-you-last-week-I-already-told-you"

basically, unless you can remember every conversation you have ever had in your life, you will never, ever win an argument on this level.

why?

because they have the perfect defense: They say more, but you listen less, so you could very well not have been listening during the point in question equals you're screwed.

Women have it easy - because men don't say much, and when they do, they, for the most part, say what they mean.

really. there usually isn't any sub-text in the average male declarative statement.

men:
I'm hungry. I'm thristy. I need new socks/jeans/shirts because they shrunk/ripped/got stained

meaning: exactly that.

women:
I'm hungry. I'm thristy. I need new socks/jeans/shirts because they shrunk/ripped/got stained

meaning (any one of them): oh my gosh, I'm fat, but I want you to tell me I'm not. Oh my gosh, my skin is dry, and I want you to tell me that I'm better looking then that girl of whom I feel threatened. Oh, I need new clothes because this make my butt/face/hips look too fat/pale/wide.

of course I am generalizing.

which makes this very dangerous, because the devil is in the details.

which means there are a lot of devils.

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I never win the you weren't listening argument. Because women expect you to be psychic too.

so what they say, and what they are thinking are two different things...

but...

because you weren't listening, she can say that she said what she was thinking, when, really, what she said doesn't even come close to what she was thinking... and even though you already did what she said, that's not what she wanted, and now she remembers the whole thing the way that she thought and you're screwed because you don't remember exactly what was said.

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so yeah... I have a wife, two sisters, a mother, and a whole slew of female friends...

so I think that I'm better than average at listening.

really.

I am.

you just might not think so because I am expected to remember everything, so when I do remember (which is most of the time) I am not given any credit.

but one lapse, and all of a sudden I'm in the doghouse - regardless of anything I have done.

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no fair.

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not to mention, women will take each instance of whatever and store it in a little vault. this vault is airtight and is only opened when you have some kind of argument or discussion.

btw - any argument, no matter if you are right, becomes the guy's fault.

"you are mad at me? well, I'm mad at you"

and then it becomes all about her being mad at you and then the guy ends up apologizing.

what is that!?

how do they do that?

it happens...

every...

single...

time.

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any guy with a girl knows this on some level - if not, learn it.

FAST

because you will become a whipping boy in no time...

flat.

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[insert cracking whip noise here]