What she really wants is for her partner to console her, tell her he sympathizes with her problem, and tell her he loves her. At this point he is dead meat. If he tries to explain away his statement, she may misunderstand and complain that he thinks she's fat. If he simply chooses to dismiss the comment, she may then complain that he wants her to suffer from sore feet. This simply shows the differences between how some men and women think.
Women tend to think in terms of emotions and feelings.
Men tend to think in terms of logic and reason. We are so used to this that if someone switches roles it can also be a problem. Because we expect these roles, we play them, we don't even realize we're playing them, and we consciously don't understand them, because they've been part of us for so long, we aren't seeing them directly. Inc. All Rights Reserved.