In Why Women Talk and Men Walk Drs Patricia Love and Steven Stosny reveal the fundamental difference between men and women that makes many relationships so hard: when the relationship is threatened women move closer and men move away. What this means is that the key to a great marriage is not communication, but connection, which is best achieved without talking. When couples remember how to connect in the way they did when they first met, and maintain that connection, the perceived problems of communication that have plagued their relationship go away. Solidly based on neuroscience and social-science research and written in an accessible style, this book shows how a new understanding combined with a set of brief, routine behavours is guaranteed to strengthen even the most rocky relationship.