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<blockquote data-quote="Lothlorien" data-source="post: 263406" data-attributes="member: 1024"><p>I realized that there were times that I just needed to vent and needed someone to listen without offering advice when I was speaking to my Dad once. I was going on and he started to ask if there was anyting I wanted him to do to help fix it and I told him no, I just want to vent and get it out without him offering anything. It was a lightbulb moment for me that men tend to want to fix and help, when all we want is for them to listen.</p><p> </p><p>Usually, now, if I just want to vent, I will preface the entire thing with "I just want to vent, you don't need to feel like you have to fix this." I do this especially with my Dad, but I rarely vent to him. husband knows me by now and knows if I want to fix something, I will do it, so he just listens and feels my pain.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lothlorien, post: 263406, member: 1024"] I realized that there were times that I just needed to vent and needed someone to listen without offering advice when I was speaking to my Dad once. I was going on and he started to ask if there was anyting I wanted him to do to help fix it and I told him no, I just want to vent and get it out without him offering anything. It was a lightbulb moment for me that men tend to want to fix and help, when all we want is for them to listen. Usually, now, if I just want to vent, I will preface the entire thing with "I just want to vent, you don't need to feel like you have to fix this." I do this especially with my Dad, but I rarely vent to him. husband knows me by now and knows if I want to fix something, I will do it, so he just listens and feels my pain. [/QUOTE]
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