We all know there are differences in the ways boys and girls are socialized from a young age, generally speaking. But I have to ask myself how much of it is nature and how much is nurture.

I have noticed a consistent pattern where women love bonding, talking about personal things. I would even wager most women are like this. If they don't have a partner, they can do it with their closest female friends.

Men don't care about this as much. I can speak from personal experience. I have very close childhood friends that I haven't seen in years and I only speak to once or twice a year maybe. But if I hop on a call with them or see them it would almost be like a day hasn't passed. I was also very close with them for years in my formative years.

This social difference may explain some of the friction that happens often in relationships. I hear this a lot irl and online from women. They want more bonding time, more high effort dates, things of that sort. Men, not so much. Now I have also heard female sexuality is more reactive than proactive which is why she likes you more when you put in effort and move first but that's a topic for a whole another post. That doesn't mean he doesn't like talking to you. He just doesn't need it as much. He's fine with a more relaxed, laid-back approach which she doesn't like. To her, it comes off as a lack of care and effort.