Men and Women ... Understanding the Dance

Women feel fulfilled and will respond best if they feel cherished, recognized, appreciated and acknowledged for who they are.

Men feel fulfilled and respond best when they feel needed and respected, when they believe they have an important role to play--to leave a mark or legacy. If properly developed and encouraged, men will direct their efforts to make their legacy their family.

Still, it bears remembering that while there is plenty of crossover, what makes men and women tick are different.

Siggy has written a very wise and insightful piece. If someone had told me when I was young about the truths of which he writes, then my husband would have been a much happier man earlier in our marriage. Luckily, I did come to realize much of this but it has been fairly recently. Instead, I muddled along with a lot of the misunderstandings that are communicated (and pushed down our throats) by media today. Go read it all.