MEN ARE FROM MARS- WOMEN ARE FROM VENUS

This is a recognizable title from a book and from the GOOD BOOK it says, "Male and female He created them (Genesis 1:27 NIV)

As usual Bob Gass has written something I feel worth sharing. This is as concise an explanation for couples caught in trying to understand each other as I've read, and I've read VOLUMES!
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Is Professor Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady right? Are men by nature more rational and forgiving than women? No, but there's a difference. Let's say a problem arises before work. After work he's forgotten it; he's compartmentalized it to focus on work. For him it's over, but not for her. She's rehearsed, processed and labeled it, while multi-tasking all day. It hasn't disappeared; it's unfinished business. After work he comes home, blissfully unconscious, and, ba-boom, it erupts. He's bewildered, "Is there a problem?" look. "Is he playing naive?" she wonders. "How could he possibly forget?" He's thinking, "What's gotten into her? Not that little incident from this morning? Who harbors something so insignificant that long?"

Since God created male and female differently, He tells us to "Conduct...married life with understanding" (1Pe 3:7 NEB). Understanding brings happiness. His brain functions compartmentally. He moves from family to work to recreation to hobbies, etc., each compartment walled off from the other. When in one he forgets the others. But her compartments are connected, spilling over into each other. She's working and thinking about the kids and planning dinner, etc., simultaneously! No walls. So this morning's incident is still in her mind, though forgotten by him. By understanding these differences she can give him time to get back into "the family compartment" before raising the issue. And he can realize she's not being unreasonable or unforgiving, she's being what God made her. Until the issue is resolved she has no place to hide from it. She needs closure so she can feel good about their relationship again. "Male and female he created them." Only by understanding that can we live in harmony.