be straight forward

Tell me what is up.
Women expect men to know what they want and need in a relationship. When the opposite sex falls short of this expectation, the result is a relationship problem.  At this point women tend to seek out relationship advice. A crisis alert is sent out to her friends. She spends hours and hours recreating and analyzing the relationship “miscommunication" so she can understand why the relationship problem occurred. 

During this information seeking stage, she will not ask her man to clarify what he meant.  She will usually punish him and ignore him. After listening to her relationship advice from her friends, she will usually try to suffer in silence without ever asking her boyfriend directly about the relationship problem.  As the relationship progresses, he feels everything is going well while she adds the relationship issue to her ongoing list of his failures.  She will keep this list in her bag of resentment that she will carry around with her to use on an as needed basis for the remainder of the relationship.

Each time a woman pulls past relationship problems out of her bag of resentment; her man pulls farther and farther away.  As we learn to respect the differences in the way men and women communicate, women can happily put away the bag of resentment and thrive in a happy relationship.  Ask a man was created to help women learn how to effectively communicate with men by asking men how to correctly interpret male communication.

Tell guys the truth.  
Women who are mad ordinarily will not say why.  Tell your man the truth.  Women think men should know why they are upset.   Generally, men have no clue why women are upset and unhappy.  Women sit by and watch as their men try to find their way through a 1782 mile maze to unravel the mystery of "why is my woman mad today, volume #78."  Keep the emotion in check ladies and tell the truth.    

Have your own opinion.
What attracts a man to a woman?  Possibly, her smile, her confidence, or maybe the way she laughs at his jokes.  Whatever the attraction, a man wants a confident self-assured woman to have a relationship with.  A man respects a woman who has her own opinions. 

Jim and Lyn planned a dinner date. Jim asked Lyn where she would like to go to dinner.  Lyn told Jim she liked everything so he should pick the restaurant.  Jim decided on pizza and bowling.  After arriving at the sports bar for pizza, Lyn was very upset.  Lyn hardly spoke at dinner.  Jim had no idea why Lyn was upset.  He thought they would have a fun casual date and he did ask Lyn where she wanted to go.  Lyn was mad because she mentioned to Jim last week she really wanted to try a new hot spot downtown that served French cuisine. 

Lyn was now punishing Jim for not knowing what she wanted.  Lyn had the opportunity to tell Jim what she wanted when he directly asked her.  Lyn assumed that by mentioning the French restaurant, Jim would know that is where she wanted to have dinner.