>>33508829
Men are REALLY autistic about this kind of thing. Your problem is that you're not listening to the thing you need to be listening to.
For example, a woman complains "We never go out any more". Husband puts on autistic hat and says "Well ACTUALLY, I think you'll find out that we went out just t six weeks ago. In fact, here are the dates and details of three separate occasions when we have gone out in the past year alone. Therefore you are clearly factually wrong when you say that we NEVER go out. Checkmate." And he feels really happy because he thinks he has won an argument.
Now, the man may be technically correct, here: it is not literally true that they NEVER go out. But to take what she said exactly literally and nitpick only about factual details is to completely miss the point. What the women is REALLY saying is "I'm bored, and feeling claustrophobic and miserable, and I would like it if we went out a bit more often." Given that she's feeling like that, turning the whole thing into a factual argument is incredibly unhelpful. What the guy should have said was "How about we go out to dinner this Saturday?" That would have made her feel happier and listened to.
In general, don't argue about details. Instead ask: how are you feeling, what's making you feel like that, and what can we do about it?