I Stand Corrected.

I found out today at CNN.com that my post from yesterday was written under false pretenses. It has to be said that I was wrong about that whole women-talk-way-more-than-men thing. But if you lived one week in my life right now, you would totally understand my post.





From CNN.com:
Another stereotype -- chatty gals and taciturn guys -- bites the dust.
Turns out, when you actually count the words, there isn't much difference between the sexes when it comes to talking.
A team led by Matthias R. Mehl, an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Arizona, came up with the finding, which is published in Friday's issue of the journal Science.
The researchers placed microphones on 396 college students for periods ranging from two to 10 days, sampled their conversations and calculated how many words they used in the course of a day.
The score: Women, 16,215. Men, 15,669.
The difference: 546 words: "Not statistically significant," say the researchers.
"What's a 500-word difference, compared with the 45,000-word difference between the most and the least talkative persons" in the study, said Mehl. He said the least talkative person in the study -- a male -- used just over 500 words a day, while another male topped that by more than 45,000.

From my Perspective

Why I don’t think men want to get married.
1. Because then they have to share their space with another person, or worse they have to move into someone else’s place making them the “outsider.”
2. Because women talk more then men. And sometimes when a man spends his whole day at work talking or listening to people talk all he wants to do when he gets home is be quiet. But all she wants to do is…talk.
3. Because one thing about women is not only do they like to talk, they like to talk on the phone. And when they make phone call after phone call and all the man wants to do is sleep, that voice can start causing a rift.
4. Because no one likes to hear about money. And like I said above, women like to talk. A lot. 5. Because sometimes you just want to walk into your place, throw your stuff on the floor and sit in front of the TV without speaking a word.
6. And, come on, man or woman, sometimes you just don’t want to clean up after someone else for the rest of your life.