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A thought about communication

I've had this thought for a few days and would love to hear some feedback on it. After thinking about how we communicate I've come to the conclusion that women love to talk with women but men love to talk to men. By that I mean women will carry on a meaningful conversation with each other while men will talk just to get a point across. Does it sound about right?

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DragonFruit · 61-69, M

It doesn’t sound right to me at all...I’ve had wonderful conversations with both men and women, and I’ve had both men and women talk at me rather than with me. I think it’s a very individual thing.

FCNantes · 22-25, M

I'm not a big fan of being friends with men, although I do enjoy debating, as well as other non-personal conversations. But I really want to be friends with peppy women. I've 1 friendship (postponed & potentially cancelled by the pandemic) with a woman, but we haven't spent much time together. Nevertheless, I feel comfortable being emotionally open & vulnerable with her in a way that I'd be with very few men.

ReneeT · 61-69, M

@FCNantes That is a rare thing to have. I'm glad you have found someone you can discuss things with and be comfortable doing

SW-User

Hmmm. I've had some very meaningful conversations with men. I think it really depends upon the individual. Maybe it's a generational thing?

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ReneeT · 61-69, M

@SW-User I don't try to be nosy but when you are standing in line you sometimes can't help but hear some things.

SW-User

@ReneeT LOL. I know most people are in the same boat as you. It's not being nosy or eavesdropping when you're just standing there. I trained myself to tune out conversations around me due to my parents being very strict about not listening to other's convos. My father ran his law practice out of our house and the things discussed were considered privileged information.

ReneeT · 61-69, M

@SW-User Most of the time I do not hear the actual conversations but just the tone of them. But it is definitely a good thing to try and tune out the actual words.

Bubbles · 36-40, F

It's hard to say. I don't do that well in communicating with women for some reason, I find that it is easier to talk to men

JoeyFoxx · 51-55, M

That sounds broadly general enough to be simultaneously entirely correct and entirely incorrect.

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