Men and women are just so different. Think about it. God made men from dust, and He made women from the man's rib. God made men from rough ingredients, and He made women refined from a finished product. This Biblical truth alone tells us that we are just so different.
One more key thing that I'd like to emphasise: God took a rib out of the man in order to make the woman. Doesn't that tell you that what a man doesn't have, a woman has? I mean, God had to pull something out of Adam so that He could make Eve. He took something away from Adam that rightly belonged to him. And that something God gave back to him – in a form so wonderful and beautiful: his very own wife.
Wives, I'd like you to understand that your husband is very different from you in many ways. One of the areas where husbands and wives differ is in how they communicate.
When you think your husband isn't listening to you
Ladies, have you ever felt unimportant because you think your husband doesn't listen to you? In behalf of all the husbands, I want to say we're sorry. We didn't mean to make you feel that way. We just don't communicate the same way.
Wives usually long for security and undivided attention, at least I learned this from my wife. Men, on the other hand, want a buddy, somebody they can get goofy with. The difference in both sexes starts problems.
Ladies, most men are really insensitive – even clueless – to some emotions. On the other hand, some are oversensitive and tend to misinterpret your facial expressions, gestures and even tone of voice. Honestly, most of us men can be best drawn with a huge question mark on top of our heads because there's just so many things about you that we cannot understand unless you tell us.
But I'd like to assure you of one thing: When we don't look or sound like we're listening to you, but turn our heads from the screen, close the laptop, stop poking on the phone, take the headphones off, lower the music volume, stop in our tracks, stop writing, fold the newspaper or close the magazine when you start talking about something, we are listening.
When you suddenly talk about anything and then we're slow to respond, we're trying to catch up to your topic in mind along with your speed of transmission of ideas. And when you suddenly shift topics to another without telling us what you're talking about, we're still left figuring out what you said about 5 to 10 minutes ago.
We're trying to figure it out. Well, at least I am, even if I'm that slow.
And when we shoot comments from Mars, it doesn't mean we're not listening. We're trying to understand what you've said from our perspective.
You see, our beloved wives, we won't always understand you perfectly. We won't always appear like we're listening. We won't always appear like the best listeners in town. But because we love you, we'll do our best to do all that.
