Today, my wife was complaining about my part of a miscommunication between us.
I said,
A. I can understand how you feel.
Seemed to satisfy her need for communication, and she was finished with the topic. Maybe other prhases,
B. I understand that you are diappointed in me.
C. I see how you feel that I have let you down.
D. It is disappointing that the car has needed so many repairs recently.
I need to keep phrases more readily in mind, becuase in the Mars mode, the prhases do not readily come to mind. I need to review more phrases that work to acknowledge the feelings of a woman.
These phrases are also difficult for me, because during the course of a day, I am defending myself from attacks, or ciriticism, by other people, so I have to shift gears to not consider the implications of not including a defense in my reply or response.
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