Differences In Guys & Gals

Why is the communication between guys and gals so different? I am really thinking men are from Mars and women are from Venus. Now guys say to girls "you are acting like a girl" and girls say to guys "you are such a boy"...but would we really want it any other way? Is this not why opposites attract?

Communication is key to any relationship and it is seriously hard. I am learning more and more every day how necessary open lines of communication is. And I fail pretty bad at it at times. I was raised in a don't speak, don't share, don't feel family which pretty much has carried over into my adult life and the fact that I try and keep stuff inside and think either I can fix things myself or they will just go away. However...that rarely holds true.

One area of life that I think guys and girls are different is their need for alone time. I get in this mode every few months where I get pretty much tired of people in general and just want to retreat to myself. Read a book, watch a movie, journal, go for a drive, take a trip alone, sleep...whatever it may be. This may be selfish on my part and you may think I am anti-social but it is really something I need for me. In talking to other guys they seem to agree that alone time is healthy and too much of a good thing (AKA spending time with people) can be bad at times. Maybe this is just a guy thing. Girls seem to be very relational and they would rather spend time with people and if they feel like they have a lot going on they would rather talk about it then spend time alone. Girls feel pushed away when guys just want to spend a little time to themselves. Does anyone have any explanation for this and why the two are so very different?

Maybe this is a life long mystery and the two were never meant to understand each other! I sure hope that when I have children I don't have all girls!!!