SCENARIO 1:
I have a paper recycling bag right under a counter that is maybe three steps from the sink. Every day though, I find stuff accumulating on the counters. Here is a typical conversation about this, between my husband and I:
Day one – milk carton on counter:
Me: “Honey, there is a recycling bag right there, this milk carton can go in there”
Him: “Oh, okay”
I end up squashing it and putting it in the bag.
Day two – two beer cans on the counter:
Me: “Hon…I have a recycling bag set out so it is easy to put beer cans in there”
Him: “Oh, okay”
Day three – a soda can on counter:
Me: “For your convenience, there is a bag over there for recyclables”
Him: “Oh, okay”
So the above are three examples of what seems to be everyday conversations.
Now in his defense, he has become hard of hearing – just a bit….so he says. However, in those cases, he did acknowledge me.
SCENARIO 2:
Me: “Oh – I picked up the bagels you had on the grocery list today”
{dead silence, so me again}
Me: “Hon? I picked up bagels for you today”
Me: “Hon!!”
Him: “What?”
Me: “I picked up bagels for you today”
Him: “Okay, thank you”
Him: (four hours later): “Sweetheart, did you pick up bagels today while you were out?”
Me: #@@#!@
SCENARIO 3:
Me: “Don’t forget that you have a doctor’s appointment tomorrow”
{silence}
Me: “Honey – you have a doctor’s appointment tomorrow”
{silence}
Me: “Honey!!”
Him: “What?”
Me: “I said you have a doctor’s appointment tomorrow!”
Him: “I know…I heard you”
Me thinking:
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Okay, now I am thoroughly convinced you and I are twins separateed at birth. LOL I always call mine “your deafness.” I think they just have selective hearing. When he’s “pretending” not to hear me, I say “helloooooo….Your deafness, did you hear me”?
LOL that totally sounds like a joke we would use around here. It is totally selective hearing…I am wise to him : ) I call my daughter “your bossiness” quite often LOL