[papertyger]

relieving him of the burdensome chore of listening to someone other than himself.

Naah. It's just listening to her that's a burden. I mean how many micro-facets of someone else's existence can you be interested in if you don't need to trade off for listening to your own micro-facets?

[byablue]

trade off for listening to your own micro-facets?

ROFL - men have multiple facets??????????