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Old 06-29-2007, 01:34 AM   #9 (permalink)
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These kinds of behaviors are what give women a bad name. I think they're all pretty horrible demonstrations of passive-aggressive, unhelpful communication that doesn't get a relationship or discussion anywhere. I hope the next few generations of women breed this out of themselves, because it's really just not a good way of operating, period.

Now, I will admit that when I say 15 minutes, I mean 25. My husband and I are learning this. However, instead of saying all of the above invectives, my technique (also incredibly unhelpful) is to say nothing at all. My silence usually says all of the above, and at some point my husband picks up on it and calls my passive-aggressive bullshit. That's one I'm still working on.

Direct, assertive communication, people!!
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