My friend Nirali got caught up in a tizzy with her boyfriend over the weekend.  Apparently, it was one of those fights that start out about one thing and then lead to about nine other things.

The typical cause of this is the girl saying too much and the guy saying too little.  Girl gets inflamed with guy because he’s not talking which leads her to say things she really doesn’t mean.  All girls do it…some to more of an extent than others.  I dated one girl in college that I swear she just got off on it in some weird way.  We always had make-up sex…now that I think about it that’s all the sex we had that last month or two.

Anyway, the gist of the fight is that she got into an argument at work with a female coworker; and when she came home to bitch about it, he offered advice.  This was a big mistake on his part.  I wasn’t there, but I’m assuming that she got defensive about it as thought she had to plead her case to him…the more he responded, the more infuriated she became.

I learned long ago that when women are upset with anything…just listen.  Don’t offer advice.  I realized that women herd, so they’re used to people listening and consoling.  If I’m walking down the street with a girl and she breaks a nail…the correct response is, “I’m sorry.  It’ll be ok.”