HOW TO GET ALONG WITH YOUR WIFE -- by Steve Nadis
I find CAR TALK entertaining and am friendly (in a very casual way) with one of the brothers (Click, I think, or maybe it's Clack). And although I haven't learned much about taking care of my car from the show, I do occasionally get pearls of wisdom regarding relationships. A few weeks ago, Tom cited a recent study that showed that "active listening" does absolutely nothing to enhance marital bliss. Instead the only things that works is if the wife requests something and the husband does it. The moral of the story, I guess, is that "active doing" beats "active listening" every time. As for my own relationship, at least I'm getting half of it right as I don't engage in active listening.
