Check out the book “You Just Don’t Understand! Women and Men in Conversation” written by Deborah Tannen. The author explains why men and women have different communication styles and how to better understand where they are coming from. Don’t feel like you are walking on eggshells and try to conform to his expectations of how to communicate. Both of you should make an effort to understand why you communicate differently and, more importantly, both make and effort to cater to each others communication needs. Men don’t only care about sex, they just don’t always articulate what it is they are thinking like women do. Tannen agrees with the chart above about men and women, and goes into detail about different relationships. I would take a deep breath and stop trying to please everyone else and start making your own decisions instead of relying on him to tell you what to do!