The silence of men in general is overtalked aboutandovercriticized. To be sure, men never open up as much as womenwantthem to, but there is a Baby Blanket wordless understanding in which we nfairlywell especially in friendships.

I believe, in fact, that most women would prefer a man tobegloomily uncommunicative than to spill his guts at the drop ofahat.

The Throttle valve push for men to express their feelings presumes that wehavefeelings, and we do have a few, but they remain submerged, andtheairing of them often violates their authenticity.

I am no biologist, but my guess is that the male human animalwasprogrammed for silence. I would go so far as to argue that menwereprogrammed to be isolated from one another and that alonenessisour natural state. Silence in male friendships is our way ofbeingalone with each other.

Once men have established a friendship that itself is theword.The affection is obvious, at least to us. A main component ofoursilence is an appreciation of the affection.