Women often complain that communicating with men is like trying to talk to someone who does not know your language. Eventually, it becomes frustrating for everyone in the conversation. Men complain that all women want to do is talk, talk, talk. Below are some ways men and women can improve on how they communicate with the each other.

Men communicate to share information, not necessarily to establish a relationship. A conversation with a man might not always be as satisfying as a conversation with a girlfriend. Men keep their ‘information sharing' to a minimum. They get to the point, state it and are usually done. Women like to share the how, why and where details and the feelings and emotions whereas a man avoids those extra details typically. And they do not always purposefully avoid them, it is just the way their brains are wired.

Not all men are as interested in chatting as women are. Men tend to speak half as many words as women do on a daily basis. The way to get a man to be ‘chatty' is to get them talking about a topic they love such as a hobby, sports, or their job. They want women to listen to them as much as women want them to listen to their side of the conversation.

Most men are bottom-line oriented and will be better listeners if you get to the point quicker. It is not necessarily that they are not interested in the extra verbiage about how you did something or why or how it made you feel; they just process information much differently than a woman and often times get lost and do not ‘get' the point you are making. Not that a man is not intelligent or unable to communicate, but that their brains process things much differently than a female brain.

The best way to keep a man's attention is to be more direct in your communication. Men lose interest when you take a wordy route to the point of your story.

Remember, men are problem solvers and tend to see the problems that a woman may share with him as needing to be fixed or solved when all she wants is to talk about them. Men and women both can usually solve their own issues by just verbalizing them. Have you ever shared a problem with someone and ‘hearing' yourself talk about it made the issue seem not as bad or the solution pops into your mind as you talk about it?

Women communicate to establish relationships, so they tend to be chattier and more personal in their conversation. Women are interested in the how, why and the feelings and emotions of a situation.

Men need to realize that not every question from a woman is a problem begging for a solution. A woman will ask for your help or a solution if she needs one, most of the time she is venting or verbalizing just to verbalize!

It is a fact of life that women use twice as many words as men do. Don't be frustrated by it!

Advice for a man? Listen, listen, listen. And also realize that you can learn a lot about your partner by listening more. Mirror back to her what she said to clarify her meanings if you don't know. You can't read her mind any more than she can read yours.

Advice for a woman? Talk to your girlfriends more! ;-) Kidding aside, women need to engage her man in conversations that interest him more, be less wordy in your side of the conversations and be more to the point. And remember, he cannot read your mind any more than you can read his!