Dear Queenie,
My grown-up daughter is good-looking, but she has a loud voice and talks so much that she doesn’t give other people a chance to speak. She complains that men are not attracted to her and I think this is why.
Queenie, do you think she can change this part of herself?—Worried mother
Dear Mother,
This is not a matter of basic personality, but of behaviour, so, yes, I think she can change if she is willing to try very hard.
She might want to have her hearing checked, too, as a hearing problem may be part of the reason she talks so loudly. If that is the case, hearing aids would help her to hear herself better and so might help her keep her voice down.
