I have just finished a telephone conversation with him, and when I put the phone down, I remembered that at one point I had said:
"You're just listening to what I'm saying, and you're not listening at all to what I want to say. And it's not the same thing. And I don't even know what I want to say."
Sometimes I'm so glad I'm not married to me.
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I think I am glad I am not married to you either!!
ReplyDeleteI understand perfectly. They are supposed to be able to read our minds. Wasn't that in the vows?
ReplyDeleteIf he doesn't get it by now then he needs to try a bit harder. Surely.
ReplyDeletecommunication. It can be so hard! Why don't they hurry up and invent telepathy?!
ReplyDeleteMore fool him is what I say
ReplyDeletelol, I'm pretty sure I've used that line too.... *blush*
ReplyDeleteBut don't you think husbands should just know what we're thinking anyway? I always expect my husband to anticipate what I'm going to think!
ReplyDeleteI'm gonna show my husband this post and let him know he hasn't got it so bad after all!
ReplyDeleteAh, you see, the problem there is that you were on the telephone. Had you been face to face, he could have read the look on your face. That would have made it far more obvious and cleared up any misunderstanding. Men need the visuals.
ReplyDeleteAm with NVH above on this... although if any gadgets are in the vicinity this loses all purpose as they 'listen' and 'look' but are still distracted.
ReplyDeleteYou just cannot win, regardless of how good your communication skills might be.
LCM x
He just needs to learn to speak Female, that's all....
ReplyDeleteI sometimes worry that if B actually listened at all to what I want to say, he probably wouldn't like me very much... Think of it as a good thing!
ReplyDeleteOh, men. It's all his fault, clearly. Has to be - he's a man, after all. And JoB mentioned you're 3 today - Happy Birthday! PMx
ReplyDeleteMade me chuckle! Funny how all the female commenters knew exactly what you meant...
ReplyDeleteWhat I do when I want to say something similar is take a deep breath, look away, blink and raise eyebrows. He seems to understand that very clearly. Even over the phone.
Last night I said to the hubby...
ReplyDelete'Bugger, I've just trapped the whole half of the cat in the kitchen door.'
Hubby wanted clarification on the sentence....so picky, picky, picky! I think it's my Celtic breeding!
Obviously. I get that.
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