Tired of Your Wife Constantly Texting You?

A woman needs the listening ear of her husband.

I told him that just like he needs to be able to tell her his frustrations about work, she needs an outlet too. A woman needs the listening ear of her husband. And while he doesn’t mean to convey that he’s uncaring, his lack of attention or choice not to call her back during the workday makes her feel like her needs are not as important as his.

The man said he loved his wife and wanted to care, but his job takes a lot out of him and—at the end of the day especially—he needs to unwind, without straining to make a decision that seems to have little impact. He said, “Some of the things she talks about are almost trivial. It’s like she needs me to decide what we serve for dinner when company’s coming over. I’d rather not be involved in that.”