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Why can't she just say what she wants?
Women think it is “cute”, and themselves are so big on micro/subtle nonverbal communication that they legitimately don’t realize that it goes completely unnoticed by pretty much all men who aren’t gay or TG in the first place.
What’s even funnier is that if you call them out on this they gaslight you by calling you stupid and unintelligent. Like, men get absolutely no practise with this form of communication. Father-son and man-to-man communication is almost blindingly obvious and explicitly spelled out. Asking a man to pick up on subtle cues and hints is like asking a blind person to call out all the colours in the vicinity by touch alone.
Being raised with sisters help. It's not so much a woman only issue, since men often struggle to describe abstract emotions that women are raised to recognize. I struggle to talk to my dad about a lot of things I can talk to mom about.
People need BOTH forms of communication. People need to learn to adapt to communication as it evolves within a relationship or society.