Why don boys/men express their feelings, usually?
Someone once said that women are the ones with feelings. Men are the thinkers and fixers. Men have feelings too, however they often refuse to acknowledge them, much less talk about them; seldom to their spouse or significant other and especially not to other men. Most think it is a sign of weakness. Not so! It is a sign of strength and of courage. Men who get in touch with their feelings can reinvent themselves. It opens up numerous possibilities. It is possible for a man to be tough AND tender! Often men get caught up in the business of the day and when they arrive home, they express their feelings in unintentionally destructive ways by literally “dumping” on their significant other. This doesn’t work. The relationship can only go downhill from there. For the most part, men have not been brought up to express their feelings at all, much less in a constructive way. Generally speaking, you can trace this behavior back several generations. Remember the song, “Big Boys Don’t Cry?” It shou
