1. Human relationships are much more complicated than reducing things to “I’m a man, so this is how I tick” and “I’m a woman, and women need…”. Men need to feel valued just like women do, they’re human for goodness’ sake.
2. Men are generally willing to exchange something great for something great… Like, I will be fiercely loyal and lay down my life in exchange for eternal companionship. But ask me to notice to pick up something off the floor in exchange for fierce loyalty from my wife, and for some reason, I miss it altogether. I can’t necessarily explain why either.
3. Men can’t possibly have the same level of bonding with giving life to a child that women can; biologically they cannot carry the baby. Some of us stand in awe of the strength a mother has in passing through the shadow of death to give life, and won’t fly the coop when we get the news that we’ll be a father. Despite what Hollywood seems to think of fathers these days.