LEAVE THEM. THEN THEY WILL START TO LISTEN. I am tired of books and articles telling me how to make men listen or help around the house or stay interested in you etc. They need to be doing all this stuff just because. Like the same reason we keep doing laundry and making their meals and taking care of the house and kids (sometimes all alone). If they can't figure out how to listen, then maybe they just need the sounds of silence. Like coming home to an empty house.