What knowledge can you share about the opposite sex that would be useful for people who don’t know?

 The whole “I’m just a weak little woman and you are a big strong SMART man” crap works really, really well.

Not if you lay it on too thick, or too often. Frankly, doing that will make you lose your self-respect even before the trick loses its potency. But every so often . . . when your guy is having a bad day and you want to make him feel better, or when you want to get him on your side for whatever reason . . . ask him to teach you something. Or tell you about something. Preferably about some obscure thing that he is really into and doesn’t get to talk about very often with most people.

“So what IS that action figure of? Oh, really? What are his super powers? That’s SO COOL! Now where did you get it? Limited EDITION? Really? That’s so cool you got it! How did you start reading that comic? No way, a REBOOT? How is it different from the original? WOW! . . .”

*some time later*

“Thanks SO much for understanding about my mom staying with us for a while, sweetie.”