My wife and daughter and I were at a holiday party last night and I once again found myself hanging out with the women mostly. I tend to talk very little at these things and generally only to people I know, but its a bit strange, I just find it more comfortable to be around women. It seems that whenever you are talking to men, there's always some sort of competition or the talk is of sports - which I don't follow - or work which at a party, I really don't want to talk about but even if its some other topic, I don't really feel comfortable. Maybe its just a style of communication difference that I feel more comfortable with. Maybe its a self-esteem thing and being quite lacking in that area, maybe that's the problem - but why would I necessarily feel more comfortable with women rather than men - its not like I see myself as superior to women but not to men - my problem exists across the board. I catch myself doing it and end up feeling self conscious about it.