Guys . . . how many times has this happened? 

There's a problem in your relationship that has to do with sex, or money or whatever, and your lady decides the ONLY way to make things better . . . is to talk it out.  (--Sound familiar?)

Well, according to new research, talking about relationship problems might actually make things . . . WORSE.  Here's the logic . . .

Men and woman have different ways of responding to stressful situations.  Women want to talk things out . . . because that makes them feel MORE comfortable. 

But talking about uncomfortable things actually does the exact opposite for men . . . and makes them LESS comfortable. 

When men get uncomfortable, more blood flows to their muscles . . . and they get fidgety.  A woman interprets that fidgeting to mean her guy isn't listening to her . . . and that makes her mad. 

Then he gets mad because she's mad . . . and the conversation turns into an argument. 

In other words, forcing a guy to talk when his natural INSTINCT is to mentally check out . . . can actually make a bad situation much, much worse. 

(CNN)