When it comes to sustaining a relationship of the heart, it is just as important to say "I was wrong " as "I love you."

Listen up, guys. Here are a few more:

TV's Roseanne summed up what the male gender has to offer the world when she observed, "Men, they sure know how to fold maps."

Say it. Go on . That wasn't so hard , was it? Watch the inflection, though. It shouldn't be mistaken for "That's man's work."

That's a tough one, but admitting you are clueless acknowledges you are human. Half of the appeal of "I don't know" resides in simply paying attention to a dilemma that might not even register on your own. Never invoke "I don't know" dismissively. It is supposed to be followed with another three-word expression: "But I care."

Three little words. It tells her that the priority of visiting her family carries a little more weight than a WWF Smack Down.

Tougher than pronouncing "aluminum" when you are 2 years old, but it reveals, once again, that you are human (a step up on the evolutionary chain for some of us). "Sorry" doesn't always get it.