Okay, so after reading SleepyHead's last post on forgetting to remember, I had to rebuttal.
I ABSOLUTELY HATE IT WHEN MEN DON'T LISTEN TO WHAT I AM SAYING.
Men, the intriguing creatures that they are, can manage to remember a basketball game from 1967, including the exact number of points Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scored in his last game, but can't remember my favorite color?
Now, I can understand forgetting an anniversary. I've forgotten them too. That's just a date on the calender. But when it comes to a point when he can't remember basic information about you, that you've told him over and over again, it's disappointing!
For example, my ex boyfriend was a DJ who played mainly house music. He memorized every single Daft Punk and Girl Talk song ever released and even some that weren't released. But three months into our relationship when I asked him if he knew when my birthday was he was running to facebook to find out. My birthday's September 11th. It's pretty significant date.
One day I got so upset that I asked "Do you even listen to me when I talk!?" and he responded, "What was that, babe?"
UGH.
Do men who listen to you bother you as much as they bother me? What can we do to change this or do we just have to cope?
you know what's been working for me that might work for you.... just ignore him when he's talking to you. Don't talk about your day. He's gonna realize that since your not saying anything he's going to start asking and listening intensively. It's weird and difficult but it worked for me. Now he's asking me every question in the book. Ironically it's kind of annoying BUT I'll take it better than, "Unh huh.... yea...... I'm listening.... yup.
HAHA, they don't listen nor do they read : P I tend to just do what they do and not listen or skip a line and then my SO would pull up his socks and pay attention or I'll just tell it to his face "You are NOT listening to me at all!"
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you know what's been working for me that might work for you.... just ignore him when he's talking to you. Don't talk about your day. He's gonna realize that since your not saying anything he's going to start asking and listening intensively. It's weird and difficult but it worked for me. Now he's asking me every question in the book. Ironically it's kind of annoying BUT I'll take it better than, "Unh huh.... yea...... I'm listening.... yup.
HAHA, they don't listen nor do they read : P I tend to just do what they do and not listen or skip a line and then my SO would pull up his socks and pay attention
or I'll just tell it to his face "You are NOT listening to me at all!" 