Pickles by Brian Crane for January 12, 2012

She knows what to say to get the LazyBoy.

That’s about the first time I’ve seen Opal usethe recliner.

You do what you gotta do sometimes to get what you want & need at the time. Way to go Opal!

I run from that phrase too.

We need to talk = I need to bitch.

Just tell her to go talk to the mirror.

When a woman says “we have to talk” I allow her to just get started and turn on my heel and walk away, nothing ticks them off more…love it!

Just shut up and listen to me talk.

Years of negative reinforcement, Opal.

There’s a country song by Suzy Boguss called “She Said, He Heard.”“She said “I’m mad”,He heard, “I’m leaving”She said “I need your attention”,He heard “I want you to crawl.”She said, “I’m sad”He heard, “It’s all your fault”There is no translationEmotions don’t fit into wordsThere’s so much between what she saidAnd what he heard.

A Lazy Boy is a mans throne…

A lot of whining in the comments today… So guys, if something really truly needs to be discussed, what’s the best way to start the conversation, or does all talking “scare” you?

Because he doesn’t want to listen to his wife nattering.. Especially when the record gets stuck.

LOL xxx

It was not long after I married my Beloved that I told her that she needed girlfriends because she could talk longer than I could listen. It worked well!

Wow! All these guys who “hate to talk” sure have a lot to say here!

………… and that is WHY Earl puts his dirty socks on Opals’ pillow.!!!

Both men and women can have lousy communications skills — mostly involving talking more than listening — and not accommodating each other’s communications styles. To overgeneralize (but not by much), men talk primarily to exchange facts and information, women talk primarily to tell stories and what they mean. To each, the other’s style can be intensely uncomfortable..Above all else, we need to be patient with each other, and understand that what makes us comfortable or not is only personal preference, not a matter of cosmic right or wrong.

He knew he was going to lose . . . .

“We need to talk” = you need a lawyer

I just noticed both Opal and the cat ganged up Earl.

Cat did a flanking maneuver..

I’ve got to try that line.