Episode 188: What We're Fighting For: A Glimpse 20 Years Down the Road
Bare Marriage
The Importance of Listening Behind Criticism and Complaints
There's a lot of good studies that show that mental load is more on the women and that sort of stuff. And when they are asking for help from the men, the men perceive it as complaining. So we see this putting down of women when they're making requests. She might be making them in a non productive way. He says he wants you to listen behind the criticism and the complaint to hear that there's a wish or a want. But why wouldn't you just say, Hey guys, rather than perceiving what she's saying as a criticism or a complaint, perceive it as a wishes or a want? Yes. You know, because now your partner, because that is actually
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