If you have never listened to "Dr" Laura, I understand why you may not get all the vitriol her name produces. I have had the misfortune to listen to her radio show, and a more vicious, judgmental, sanctimonious, adversarial voice I have rarely encountered. Perhaps her writing style is different.
This makes a lot of sense to me why there seems to be such opposing opinions of her. When I read her book I was nodding at everything she said. For me it was really refreshing to her a woman who seemed to "get" my male POV. I also found it validating after so many years of hearing that men are stupid emotionally, they don't care about anyone but themselves, and the like. I still think that regardless of how you feel about Dr. Laura personally, if you want to understand men, her book is very good.
He is a software engineer with a focus on database design/data warehousing.
I asked in order to use an example though the thread may have moved on. I'll go with software engineering as a topic, on the assumption this is not a high interest of yours. What if your H comes home to talk to you about this, going on for 15-30 minutes each night, night after night. He may be into it, but you aren't. How many weeks or months can you listen attentively before you start to gloss over? You still do it for him, but it starts to take some effort from you because it is sooooo boring. When do you start to feel like it is work and you'd rather talk about anything else?
