Do you filter her out ?
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Sitting here watching a couple of programmes on the TV together
Now, they're quite interesting.
I'm sitting here listening to expert opinion and input
She keeps looking over and inputting a load of waffle, and statements that are frankly obvious
I'm filtering her out and focussing on the TV
She often goes into a long winded opinion on some issue, when I'm listening to an expert give opinion on talkSport.
Is this normal ?
Now, they're quite interesting.
I'm sitting here listening to expert opinion and input
She keeps looking over and inputting a load of waffle, and statements that are frankly obvious
I'm filtering her out and focussing on the TV
She often goes into a long winded opinion on some issue, when I'm listening to an expert give opinion on talkSport.
Is this normal ?
I've agreed (apparently) to more things than I really should have using that method, including some big purchases and holidays. It's only possible to actually listen to so much though, after a few mins it's just background noise that only gets interrupted when there was an actual question I've failed to answer, or where it wasn't a yes/no question.
Spare tyre said:
Hhhmm hum
Yup
Oh yeah
Yup
Absolutely
I agree
You see this right here is the problem as some time later I hear some mention about the flight tickets and ask what the heck she's on about. Turns out I agreed to the holiday weeks ago, or so she tells me and I'm hardly in a place to argue since it's more than possible.Yup
Oh yeah
Yup
Absolutely
I agree
You get a proper ear-bashing if she works out you aren't listening though, because "you never listen when I have something to say" apparently. Trouble is, they say SO MUCH it's pretty impossible to absorb it all, so I think it's natural to filter out what sounds like waffle.
Another problem is that women are capable of discussing multiple subjects simultaneously whilst still making sense (to one another). This I find completely baffling and I quite often ask my Mrs to start again from the beginning, usually only to be criticised for "not listening" again...
This post isn't intended to be sexist, not at all, if anything women share this distinct talent whereas all the blokes I've ever met are like me and like to discuss one thing at a time!
Another problem is that women are capable of discussing multiple subjects simultaneously whilst still making sense (to one another). This I find completely baffling and I quite often ask my Mrs to start again from the beginning, usually only to be criticised for "not listening" again...
This post isn't intended to be sexist, not at all, if anything women share this distinct talent whereas all the blokes I've ever met are like me and like to discuss one thing at a time!
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