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Here is a common problem that many men have. Actually, it’s a problem that many people have.

That problem is feeling the need to dominate a conversation, draw all the attention towards yourself, and to be better then someone else all the time.

You may have done this yourself, met someone who does this, or know someone who does it all the time.

If someone tells you how they broke their arm you feel that the time you broke yours was worse. You tell them how severe your break was, how much pain it was, and how much worse yours was then hers.

If someone tells you how amazing their vacation was you feel the need to tell them that yours was even better.

When a man does this to a woman she hates it. She really would like to smack you across the face. It’s a annoying, and even cocky.

When you meet a new woman you need to accept that she is a unique individual. She has experiences to share with you, stories from her past, she has felt pain, felt love, and much more. Your experiences are no better nor any worse.

But…she is sharing herself with you because she wants “you” to listen to her. She could be talking to someone else, but she is letting it all out for “you” to get a chance to know her. Not the man across the street, at the corner of the bar, or anyone else. She wants to connect with “you”.

Your screwing it all up when you try to dominate the conversation.

The truly more dominate person isn’t the one who receives all the attention and praise. The one who is most dominant is the person who gives out all the attention and praise.

Let that sink in for awhile.

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  1. Kenji | Apr 19, 2008 | Reply

    It’s really hard to do but you are certaintly correct. “Shut up and listen” is the most sound, yet hard to swallow, advice out there.

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