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Everything was fine. I picked her up from work, we were going to get gas and then something to eat, and watch Mad About Yous. You know, nice, quiet, wholesome fun, just the two of us.

She goes off about some small thing, which leads to another small thing, creating a bigger thing. I sit and I listen and I listen and I listen. I don't really want to aggro the situation further. We get gas and she seems fine again, asking me what I want to eat. I've lost my appetite...for a good long while. We go home, I'm tired, I hit the sack. I wake up around midnight, she's asleep on the couch. I get up, she asks me if I am done sleeping and I say yeah, so she switches to the bed. But before she lies down she feels the need to yell some more.

I sit there, and I take it. Because I love her, and I know that if I said something, it would just ignite more nastiness. I take my verbal beating and she goes to bed.

19 times of 20...no, make that 29 times out of 30 when someone in this household criticizes another person, it's her criticizing me. Sure she does things that annoy me, but for the most part I let them slide because I love her and it's not that big of a deal. Guys, for the most part, aren't as intense, it seems, as girls. We can relax, we can take it easy, we can chill without intensely hostile verbal repetitive communication.

Of course, not all female need it, and some men do. So I'll try not to let the stereotypes take the wheel here.

Instead, I'll ask you to take the poll, honestly. I'd like to see how this cookie crumbles. (I know the poll veers towards heterosexual relationship with the whole male/female thing, but this is rather crucial to the subtle point I may or may not be making.)

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