Aiyoo. That's the problem right there.

Yes, it is exactly this kind of thinking that will make women feel safe with you.

I determined that sex is a must in a relationship.

I think you pulled that "a lot of couple out there" out of your ass.

What I meant is, your talk of couples who have great sex lives but lousy relationships is bullshit.

Frankly I think even this is a cliche. Movies and TV shows always try to sell the "True Love is greater than anything, especially something as cheap and tawdry as sex" message. I think that if two people have a great physical and sexual connection, the emotional connection follows naturally.

Sure. But having regular, consistently awesome - and mutually satisfying - sex is pretty damn rare. I think that's a pretty good symptom of something equally rare and valuable, i.e. a consistent and mutually satisfying relationship.

What s2peMocls and Tyler_Durden - and even you - fail to realize is that this behaviour is not unique to women. Men behave this way too. I've seen my guy friends upset for various reasons and unwilling to talk about it. I've seen them prefer to indulge their hurt and resentment rather than open up to the person who made them hurt and resentful. I've been like this. And I bet so have you - all of you.

Doesn't matter who the source of grief is. Being upset, and being unwilling or unable to articulate that feeling, is an entirely human attitude and not specific to men or women.

If you're trying to imply that you have never felt that way, well... you are exactly as un-self-aware as I thought.

And once again, you turn the topic to a screed against women?

Good Lord, you're like a button labelled "Press For Misogyny."

Because all women are children and you are their father? Does that make you a pedophile?