Why can't women give a simple answer to a simple question?
Discussion
Triumph Man said:
Pothole said:
Triumph Man said:
Pothole said:
You know you've just told us you're mugs, chaps? Why listen to the fluff? Interrupt and ask for the straight answer. What are you scared of? (or more to the point, what blinded ou to this flaw before you committed to such a frustrating life?)
I just walk away
kwittery because we did. I'll admit I like to talk about stuff so maybe I'm not as unreconstructed as the OP and his cohorts.It's the oestrogen fuelled babel fish in their ear.
You say "Shall we go out it's a nice afternoon".
The babel fish says:
"He wants to know your opinion on the weather and recount tales of previous days out along with your emotional reaction to a variety of events that may or may not happen in the next few hours".
You say "Shall we go out it's a nice afternoon".
The babel fish says:
"He wants to know your opinion on the weather and recount tales of previous days out along with your emotional reaction to a variety of events that may or may not happen in the next few hours".
SWMBO has a habit of answering a question with a question. Also she tries to throw the question back at me.
Eg:
Me "Birdman is on at the cinema. Would you like to go?"
Mrs NO: "Do you want to go?"
Me "I asked you a question. Yes or no?"
Mrs NO "No need to get stroppy."
Eg2:
We discussed a particular ten day holiday next year. Right down to the specific villa and flights. I have contacted the owners with dates and made a provisional booking.
I am sitting at my Mac booking the flights.
Me "Double check these dates and lay-over times please."
Mrs NO "why don't we go for one less day to save money?"
Me "That won't save on flights. I've talked to the owners about these specific dates."
Mrs NO "Hm ok, if that's what you want."
Me "No, it isn't what I want. It's what we agreed yesterday. If you want to change your mind, just say so."
Silence.
Me "I want your 100% agreement that this is the holiday you want."
Mrs NO. "Hm, ok then."
Everything gets turned around if I allow it. Why the
bleep can't they stick with what has been agreed??
Eg:
Me "Birdman is on at the cinema. Would you like to go?"
Mrs NO: "Do you want to go?"
Me "I asked you a question. Yes or no?"
Mrs NO "No need to get stroppy."
Eg2:
We discussed a particular ten day holiday next year. Right down to the specific villa and flights. I have contacted the owners with dates and made a provisional booking.
I am sitting at my Mac booking the flights.
Me "Double check these dates and lay-over times please."
Mrs NO "why don't we go for one less day to save money?"
Me "That won't save on flights. I've talked to the owners about these specific dates."
Mrs NO "Hm ok, if that's what you want."
Me "No, it isn't what I want. It's what we agreed yesterday. If you want to change your mind, just say so."
Silence.
Me "I want your 100% agreement that this is the holiday you want."
Mrs NO. "Hm, ok then."
Everything gets turned around if I allow it. Why the
bleep can't they stick with what has been agreed??Just imagine working in a place where there are 102 women and 8 blokes of which I am one. I keep very quiet and avoid eye contact otherwise they think you want to hear their whole life story.. and their friends.. and their colleagues (the other 101 of them).
God knows how anything is achieved in the place. All I overhear is gossip and bhing.
(No, its not a brothel!)
God knows how anything is achieved in the place. All I overhear is gossip and b
hing.(No, its not a brothel!)
HTP99 said:
Triumph Man said:
It's not just women, we have a guy in the office who can't answer a simple question without giving you a fking story.
We have a guy like that too, he is a fking story. king nightmare and loves the sound of his own voice too.Ask him if he can pick up a car from another branch; instead of a yes or no answer he will say something along the lines of:
"well I've got three collection and deliveries; one of which is (insert area of Surrey that I don't know, however must be a fair distance away), them there are 3 MOT's that need taking down and I've got to help so and so move a car, then xyz is on lunch and he will need to cover them; mmmmm I'm not sure"
I have told him on numerous occasions that what he has to do is of no concern to me, I just want to know if he can do what I want to be done with a simple "yes" or "no" answer.
However it doesn't end there; he will manage to resolve the problem and after telling me his tale of what he has to do, a "window of opportunity" will appear, however it has to be now as he has managed to shift a few things about; he will say this quite loudly so that everyone can hear that he has managed to sort the situation.
he just loves the sound of his own voice and loves the fact that he is now the saviour.
colonel c said:
Mrs Colonel C not only like to use fifty words when five will do. But she also needs to illustrate them with hand gestures. Perhaps she realises I have actually stopped listening.
One of my (older) work colleagues had a hearing test and was told that his hearing was diminishing with age much as expected. He was told that his wife might start to notice him not responding, as the frequencies that go first are about those that women speak at. He wasn't surprised.
I think his ears have probably worn out.
Shaolin said:
It's the oestrogen fuelled babel fish in their ear.
You say "Shall we go out it's a nice afternoon".
The babel fish says:
"He wants to know your opinion on the weather and recount tales of previous days out along with your emotional reaction to a variety of events that may or may not happen in the next few hours".
You say "Shall we go out it's a nice afternoon".
The babel fish says:
"He wants to know your opinion on the weather and recount tales of previous days out along with your emotional reaction to a variety of events that may or may not happen in the next few hours".
I also get this the other way round. I say "Bill had a heart attack when they were out for dinner, they had to call an ambulance and he's been taken to hospital". This is everything I've been told about it and includes the important points, so she'll ask what he was eating? where he was eating it? who was he with? which hospital?
I doesn't bloody matter what he was eating!
If I report any news to her I say at the start that I'm telling her everything I know, to try and head off the stupid questions, and sometimes just don't tell her at all because I know it will be more trouble than it's worth, she'll find out from someone else and they can put up with the questions.
I doesn't bloody matter what he was eating!
If I report any news to her I say at the start that I'm telling her everything I know, to try and head off the stupid questions, and sometimes just don't tell her at all because I know it will be more trouble than it's worth, she'll find out from someone else and they can put up with the questions.
GroundEffect said:
Its clearly a difference in the wiring. My GF gets annoyed with my straight forwardness.
You ask a question to an engineer, you gonna get a concise reply to the point with the facts. She wants the fluff: "Tell me exactly what they said and how they said it". No.
I'm an engineer. I find problems with stuff and fix things. It's how I'm wired. You ask a question to an engineer, you gonna get a concise reply to the point with the facts. She wants the fluff: "Tell me exactly what they said and how they said it". No.
She tells me her problems. I offer practical solutions and alternatives. She never listens.
I think it is how they're wired.
Oh. And don't get me started on randomly talking about the shopping while I'm engrossed in a TV programme.
budgie smuggler said:
I agree, and on a related subject I've also found that my wife would keep saying 'I have told you this' about important information, e.g. my car is making a weird noise (brakes down to the metal in that case), or an important date I need to book off work.
I think I have figured this out, and the reason why I never hear this critical nugget of information being announced is because she slips it the middle of (for example) a 20 min diatribe regarding people I have never met moaning about other people I have never met.
"Lorna said that Liz said Emily said she was being really rude ... oh and a big metal thing fell of my car today ... oh yeah really rude she said. I didn't hear but Lorna definitely heard it so I'm sure it's true, she doesn't make stuff like that up".
I think I have figured this out, and the reason why I never hear this critical nugget of information being announced is because she slips it the middle of (for example) a 20 min diatribe regarding people I have never met moaning about other people I have never met.
"Lorna said that Liz said Emily said she was being really rude ... oh and a big metal thing fell of my car today ... oh yeah really rude she said. I didn't hear but Lorna definitely heard it so I'm sure it's true, she doesn't make stuff like that up".
toon10 said:
Pothole said:
You know you've just told us you're mugs, chaps? Why listen to the fluff? Interrupt and ask for the straight answer. What are you scared of? (or more to the point, what blinded ou to this flaw before you committed to such a frustrating life?)
Sex withdrawal.
john2443 said:
...and sometimes just don't tell her at all because I know it will be more trouble than it's worth, she'll find out from someone else and they can put up with the questions.
I find the best thing is to avoid talking to my wife altogether. Any discussion rarely end well.Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff