My wife drives me nuts: she spends too much time each day making and unmaking the bed; doesn't like her cranberry sauce stirred; cannot help transferring everything in the fridge into ever smaller and smaller containers; and other annoying idiosyncrasies - but I still love her.

I tell my boys, both of whom are married, that if they want to have a happy wife they need only say two words in any conversation or discussion: "Yes, dear." No matter what the problem, say, "yes, dear."

For example, one day a while back the garbage men missed collecting garbage on our block. My wife looked at the full-to-the-top containers and started whining, "Oh, God what are we going to do about this?" Now I could have looked at the situation realistically and offered: "Hey, don't worry about it, they'll come around in three days on their next scheduled round - no problem." But that's not what a woman wants to hear. Here is what I said, "Yes, dear - that's terrible - don't they realize that we'll have to put up these unsightly cans until they come again - damn, sweetheart, why can't the city do one thing right. My poor baby, I'm sorry this is happened to us. Oh my."

She felt much better. A woman doesn't want solutions, she wants commiseration and empathy, she wants to know you're really, sincerely, heartfeltly in tune with her feelings.

I found the following video which perfectly hits the nail on the head regarding what women need from men in order to be happy: