On a bright Sunday afternoon I asked J whether we could go outside to have some meatball soup. He was relaxing in the sofa, watching movie and couldn’t get his eyes off the screen.
“Honey can we go have meatball soup outside?”
He mumbled something.
“Honey can we go have meatball soup outside?”
He looked at me and laughed. “Why you always have to repeat your question twice? I said yes didn’t I?”
He was such a delusional. First he only said yes on my second time asking and yes I have to repeat everything with him because he is the kind of person who gives you blank look in the eye and says “huh?” after you talk for hours.
And then if he is fully conscious he will listen but his eyes won’t look at you. So you will be wondering whether he is actually listening or not and you start shaking his hand asking him whether he is listening to you, to which he will frown and annoyed answer “yes I am. Should I stare at you in the eyes to do so?”
Yeah, with my husband you just never know.
So I told him that afternoon, “well the fact that you only heard me asking twice is a proof that you never listen to me because the truth is I always ask you the same question 100 times and you only hear the last two”
Case closed.
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Dominique Goh says:
I so get you with guys not listening when you talk. You have to sometimes practically stand infront of them to get their attention.
Theresa says:
Oh, I so know what you are talking about! My husband is in his own little world half the time, I feel like I am having conversations with myself a lot!
CuteCoco says:
@Theresa: ahahaha same here!
@Dominique: yes, sometimes when he ignores me too long I start to talk to the wall besides him, only then he will notice..sigh…
Karen says:
Ahhh men!! My husband is pretty good at listening, except if he is watching sport on TV, then I don’t even bother trying to talk to him. Men, unlike Women, seem to have trouble with the whole multi tasking thing!! Although sometimes I think it is just selective hearing! Karen #teamIBOT
CuteCoco says:
So true! Until know my husband doesn’t want to believe that I can read blog and watch tv all the same time ough!
Rachel from Redcliffe Style says:
My husband is the worst. I have told him that i think “when my mouth opens, his ears close”. He never hears anything and I refuse to repeat myself. What a team
Rachel xx
Junita Siregar says:
Actually, it’s not about the listening problem, but It’s about the action that the men should take. I will not be satisfy until my husband moves and does what I want…
Eleise @ A very blended family says:
That is so me. My hubby always complains that I don’t listen but I honestly don’t hear.
CuteCoco says:
I always do that in purpose when my husband ignores me for couple of time. It’s like a payback time!
rhian @melbs says:
I hear you! My husb is exactly the same, I ask him a question and give him an a or b answer option and he responds with yes babe!
Popped over from IBOT – good to stop by!
CuteCoco says:
lol! typical huh?!
Julie says:
Lol! And, the same thing happens with our children too!
CuteCoco says:
Ugh so true!
Mum Talks Autism says:
I am so hearing you. This made me giggle. I think there are loads of others that can relate to this. You are definitely not alone.
Grace says:
Love it! I’m forever spending my days being invisible and unheard! Used to drive me nuts. Now I just think, “Meh”. But then we get into arguments where I have to remind him of something and he says, “No, you never told me that…” Ugh!
x
Like I said in one of my posts: “Husbands don’t marry on the account of being better listeners. Quite the contrary.”
CuteCoco says:
lol. Happened to me too
Yes I remember that post and when I read it I was thinking “how could you read my mind?”
Kirsty @ My Home Truths says:
Unfortunately I think I’m the one who does this in my family – I’ve always got too much going on in my mind and I don’t always hear the first time – honest!
Robin (Masshole Mommy) says:
UGH!!! I go through the SAME EXACT thing. I feel your pain. I think it’s just the way men are programmed LOL.
Susan says:
Haha this made me LOL, coz it’s so true. I get that a lot with my daughter too. Actually it’s their non response that really gets to me.
Mayya says:
So trueeeee! Is it because men cannot do multitasking like we do? LOL