Listen -- don't solve my problem

While I'm on the subject of how I would like to be loved -- most wives I know want their husband to just listen when we're sharing a problem. You don't need to solve it immediately. Empathize. So if I say -- "I get freaked out by the rodents in the kitchen", say "Sounds disgusting". But if I say -- "can you kill that mouse under the chair", then you can then do something about it.