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Seven ways men take things too literally
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4. Failure to fret
A friend leaves your party early, claiming her babysitter's called to say the child's feeling ill. Your boyfriend takes this at face value, but you worry that your friend wasn't having a good time - perhaps someone said something to upset her? 'Stop imagining things,' he says. He doesn't understand that you worry about your friends.
5. Abrupt arrangements
You e-mail your boyfriend, asking where he wants to meet tonight. 'Red Lion, 7.30pm?' comes the response. You're offended that he didn't take time to ask how your day's going, or tell you how his day is going, or even - God forbid - say that he loves you. But you shouldn't be. He was simply answering the question he'd been asked. Nothing more, nothing less.
6. King of the kitchen
Cooking a new recipe together, you find you're missing an ingredient. You're happy to improvise, maybe use a substitute - but he insists on driving to the shops and buying the exact brand specified in the recipe. This is because he has to follow instructions to the letter. Precision is the key to success! Let him do it: otherwise he'll feel unsettled.
7. Brief bulletins
You ask your boyfriend whether he had a good time on his office night out. 'Not bad,' he replies. This is - literally - what he had: a night that wasn't bad. But you'd answer with a description of what people were wearing, who got drunk, who was flirting with the new receptionist - everything. So you mistake his shortness for a sign that he's hiding something. Maybe he was the one flirting with the new receptionist? Don't worry: the reason men don't report details is that they never notice them in the first place.
Mark Mason, author of The Catch (Time Warner Paperbacks, £5.99)
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4. Failure to fret
A friend leaves your party early, claiming her babysitter's called to say the child's feeling ill. Your boyfriend takes this at face value, but you worry that your friend wasn't having a good time - perhaps someone said something to upset her? 'Stop imagining things,' he says. He doesn't understand that you worry about your friends.
5. Abrupt arrangements
You e-mail your boyfriend, asking where he wants to meet tonight. 'Red Lion, 7.30pm?' comes the response. You're offended that he didn't take time to ask how your day's going, or tell you how his day is going, or even - God forbid - say that he loves you. But you shouldn't be. He was simply answering the question he'd been asked. Nothing more, nothing less.
6. King of the kitchen
Cooking a new recipe together, you find you're missing an ingredient. You're happy to improvise, maybe use a substitute - but he insists on driving to the shops and buying the exact brand specified in the recipe. This is because he has to follow instructions to the letter. Precision is the key to success! Let him do it: otherwise he'll feel unsettled.
7. Brief bulletins
You ask your boyfriend whether he had a good time on his office night out. 'Not bad,' he replies. This is - literally - what he had: a night that wasn't bad. But you'd answer with a description of what people were wearing, who got drunk, who was flirting with the new receptionist - everything. So you mistake his shortness for a sign that he's hiding something. Maybe he was the one flirting with the new receptionist? Don't worry: the reason men don't report details is that they never notice them in the first place.
Mark Mason, author of The Catch (Time Warner Paperbacks, £5.99)
Talk about men and your pet hates on Confession Corner. Join in the discussions now:
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