If he won t talk to me, I just wish he d call up a buddy, go out for a beer and just talk whatever it is out. He d feel so much better. When we surveyed 70 Madison-area men recently, we asked them what they would say if they could open up. Well, not much at first. Maybe men don t need as much help as women think they do.
Men do talk.
But women told us that s not what they consider real talk. When you re on the golf course for hours, you get beyond sports, says Dave Stark of Stark Company Realtors. You talk about families and business and stuff that s eating at you. Sometimes it s that trivial stuff that keeps men sane. Every morning on my way to work, I talk to my best friend on my cell phone about baseball, says Bill Kessler of Century 21 Affiliated.