So true
... men talk to convey information while women talk to build relationships ...
The other day I asked Jenn about something as she was heading out the door for something. She answered and headed out.
Later that day, she came and sat next to me on the couch as I was doing something on the laptop and started chatting about ... something. After about 10 minutes of chit-chat she said something like, "I just wanted to make sure you knew I wasn't upset earlier."
It took literally another five minutes to figure out what she was even talking about. She thought that giving a one-word answer to a simple question, then immediately leaving, gave me the impression she was upset with me. So she spent 10 minutes chatting about completely unrelated stuff to "rebuild" our bond.