WHY do girls do this

Daniel discovered that his girlfriend gave him the silent treatment because their late-night Skype sessions left her with only two to three hours of sleep each night.

The lack of sleep led to challenges at her workplace, irritability with her daughter, and a minor car accident involving the rear of another vehicle.

After discussing the issue, Daniel and his girlfriend resolved the problem, remaining together with plans for Daniel's trip to Japan intact and no longer constrained by daily late-night calls.

The pair altered their routine by conducting a thirty-minute Skype conversation while she was driving home from work and visiting a pet shop.

Daniel found communication breakdowns involving silence frustrating, drawing comparisons to his own actions toward a coworker and his father's tendency to suppress annoyance, which previously caused a major argument over unwashed coffee cups left on the mantelpiece.

Relationship communication breakdowns and sleep deprivation from late-night Skype calls.

Patterns of suppressed frustration and indirect communication in personal relationships and family dynamics.

Cultural or gendered tendencies regarding indirect communication and silent treatment.

Daniel's girlfriend tapped the rear of another vehicle in a minor car accident while sleep-deprived.

Daniel and his girlfriend talked to resolve their communication issue and adjusted their schedule.

Daniel talked with his girlfriend on Skype for half an hour while she drove home from work and went to a pet shop.

Daniel had an argument with his father concerning coffee cups left on the mantelpiece.

Whether indirect communication and utilizing the silent treatment is characteristic of women in general or primarily Japanese women remains an open question raised by Daniel.