If you ask a man a question, he will give you an answer.

This may not seem like a revelation, but there is an important gender difference here. Women sometimes ask a question as a “polite” way of making a suggestion. If you’re riding in the car with a girlfriend and you say “Why don’t you take 10th street?” what you’re doing is asking her if 10th street might be a better route, and she may consider going that way. If you say the same thing to your husband he will explain why his route is better because that is what you asked him to do.

If you want hubby to consider 10th street, then you need to say “Do you think 10th street might be faster?” When you say this you’re not asking him to defend his choice, you’re asking him to consider another possibility.

Bottom Line: Don’t expect something other than an answer to the question you ask.

~ Paul – I’m XY, and questions are for getting information. 

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