how do you get your man to open up....

Canada
January 11, 2009 6:31pm CST
How do you get your man to open up and stop being a man who holds their feelings in? We are newly marriaged, expecting our first child, he is living in another country with no work and no visa to see me. I can tell he is worring alot lately but he does not want to talk about anything. Everything he says feels like he is srugging everything off, as too not let me know his real feelings. His thoughts on our first child, his life over there... I just get the sence he does not want to talk about anything. Any suggestions please?
6 responses
• Philippines
12 Jan 09
open communication is very important in every relationship. try to ask open ended questions to your husband so that you will be able to get what his real feelings is. this may give a rift to your relationship if he keeps his feelings with himself. try to assure his that he need not worry about you and the baby in your tummy. If it is okay for you to travel you can go to his place and visit him but you need your doctors approval for that. As much as possible make him open up by starting sharing with him your thoughts and he will feel open with you. hope this helps.
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• Canada
13 Jan 09
I cannot travel to him until after the baby is born i am almost 21 weeks pregnant and just started a new job last month:(
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• Philippines
13 Jan 09
sorry to hear that you two can't see each other for the time being. just assure him how much you love and miss him. best regards to you and hope you have a good health as you deliver your baby.
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@Frederick42 (2024)
• Canada
12 Jan 09
I do not think it is possible for a woman to open up a man because men and women have different hormones and mental attitudes. If the man does not open up, then thre is nothing to do about it. Or you might have to catch hold of some trusted male relative and make him open up your man and then get the information from him. Men tend to open up more to other men than to women. that is what I feel.
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• Canada
13 Jan 09
Why do you think men open up more to men then women... just out of curiosity
• Canada
13 Jan 09
Well, I think it is just their nature unless of course, it many be an exceptional case.
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@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
12 Jan 09
I'm sorry that I can't help. I have never been able to get a man to open up and discuss things unless he was just naturally raised to be open. Those who aren't, you're not going to change. You'll have to adapt and watch his body language, tone of voice, things like that to find out what he things because he won't change right away. If you adapt to him, he may begin to adapt to you and relax a little. It's the way they are raised. My own grown sons are open and honest because I raised them that way. Don't push him, just tell him-once or twice a year, no more or it's nagging-how you feel then keep studying him to catch those hints he gives. Men like this want to talk but feel it would compromise their manhood in their own eyes and the eyes of the woman they love, they are compelled to be the strong, silent type.
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• Canada
13 Jan 09
Thank you i love your advice... Maby i am nagging him already? Hope not... I could just be over reacting. But i really want us to have an open commincative realtionship. Ill try out your suggestions. Thanks!
12 Jan 09
Hi questionsnoanswers, That is hard, could not go him or he comes to you somehow? some men are like that, they never tell what they are worrying about, they think they have tos houlder everything, maybe he does not want you to worry about things because of the new baby? do you think? Tamara
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• Canada
13 Jan 09
yes i think that is a big possibility. But still i want him to be able to talk to me. Marriage is like 75 percent about communication.
• Philippines
12 Jan 09
Maybe he is not ready to open up it yet. :( Or he has to feel truly accepted and need more understanding who he is.Making him feel that you accept his weakness allowing him to say what is on his mind, and simply being willing to hear it. Be patient with him, what he is going through is also not easy for him, that is why he also needs time before opening feelings. Why not do things that you enjoy together while discussing the issue,let your man in the right mood, calm and relaxed. And just take the conversation light?
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@fcedulan (14)
• Philippines
12 Jan 09
whew!! so sad.. so lonely.. Be frank to him.. Tell him your worries and your thoughts!! In the first place, take care of the baby inside your womb. Call him or chat him sharing what you had feel now with baby in your tummy. And say for future plans..everything will follow.. don't worry. For now, try to understand him first, he is a man.. and you know, men have pride..very high pride.. so cool down, take care!!