How to improve relationship with the opposite gender
- “When we expect our partners to be more like us, we are automatically giving them the message that they are not good enough the way they are.”
- “women talk about problems to get close and not necessarily to get solutions.”
- We mistakenly assume that if our partners love us they will react the same ways we react and behave when we love someone.
- Proving one’s competence is not as important to a woman, offering help is not offensive, and needing help is not a sign of weakness.
- “He feels better by solving problems while she feels better by talking about problems.”
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