Rocks and Hard Places

Women sometimes ask questions they don’t want the answer to.  They probably get enchanted with the question. It’s our job as men not to put ourselves between a rock and a hard place.  The truth might leave us with a slap in the face and a lie brings on eyes lit like a ferocious fire.  What to do?  A question with a question is the way to sidestep these queries. Something like: I know you have a good reason why you are asking me that, would you mind telling me what it is?  If she says: I just want to know. You can stop take a deep breath and tell her you love her and say that if she really needs an honest answer, that you need time to think about it because you know that it’s obviously important to her.  She might not like that response but she will respect you because you took the time to think about it and just didn’t fire off an answer you thought she wanted to hear.