- K.
- We have to go to my mom's on Saturday for my dad's birthday party.
- Uh huh.
- We're supposed to bring salad. I hate bringing salad because no one ever eats salad.
- Hm.
- So don't make any plans for Saturday because we will be at my parents for my dad's birthday.
- Okay.
- I'll guess I'll have to go to the store on Friday to get some salad. What kind of salad do you think we should get?
- What?
- What kind of salad do you think we should get?
- I don't know.
- What kind of salad do you like?
- I don't know, I don't really eat salad that often.
- Well, what kind of salad do you think my family would like?
- I don't know. Why would I know that?
- Because I need to know for Saturday.
- Why, what is on Saturday?
- My dad's birthday party! Do you ever listen to me?!
- When is your dad's birthday?
- Today! I TOLD YOU THAT!
- So what's the salad for?
- NEVER MIND! YOU NEED TO START LISTENING!
- I DO listen!
LOL....I am the same way! I only listen to half of what people say and end up getting it all wrong anyway! Happy B-Day to Dad in law, what was it you were supposed to bring again? ;-)
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It must be all that fromage blocking your ear ducts!
ReplyDeleteOh honey,...you don't need to drive your wife crazy. She can find her own way there like the rest of us do.
ReplyDeleteI assume you are the salad maker, right? :)
ReplyDeleteI have been told that I am the same exact way.
ReplyDeleteMy husband is always on me for not listening (I don't), but he never remembers a thing I say. So I figure we're more or less even.
ReplyDeleteGosh this sounds SOOOOO familiar!
ReplyDeleteI have a friend who has a term for talking to much: Word Salad. E.g. He made a word salad and I tuned out. I don't know if this is actually relevant here, but was the only comment that I could think of at the time. This comment has become a written word salad at this point. Maybe you can bring it to your wife's family... Funny post!
ReplyDeleteYour wife is wrong. Clearly you do listen, or you wouldn't have been able to record the conversation for our enjoyment ;)
ReplyDeleteI'm surprised this is entitled "An Example of why I Drive my Wife Insane." Shouldn't it be "The Countless Ways I Drive my Wife Insane?!" I'm surprised you only had one example to share! :) My husband always reminds me that was in the "fine print" when we got married & I just failed to read it!
ReplyDeleteSounds like conversations at my house, too. But I have to admit, it does go both ways!
ReplyDeleteI usually end up saying this to my wife... "I do listen to you, I just ignore what you say..."
ReplyDeleteMan, she can get loud!
confused - who paid attention and wrote this down? One of the kids?
ReplyDeleteI remember moments like these. Nowadays it is just my kids that ignore me.
ReplyDeletei.e.
Me: Throw your wrapper away.
Child: OK.
Me: Make sure you get your wrapper in the garbage.
Child: I will mom!
Me: The garbage can is right over there.
Child: OK.
(Child throws wrapper on the floor)
This sounds like a conversation at my house. My husband always tells me he doesn't worry about remembering things or keeping track of the details because he knows I will. It's normal for him to ask me 3 times or more in a week (often after we've just "discussed" it), what is happening on a certain date. Ugh!
ReplyDeleteIs there a secret class that husband take before the wedding in driving their wife crazy and not listening? Because your listening skills are exactly like my husband's.
ReplyDeleteI have that same conversation too with myself all the time. I just end up buying potato salad. Works like a charm.
ReplyDeletexoRobyn
This is absolutely a conversation we have at my house all the time! This weekend we have a family birthday party at my great aunt's house and I've told him a million times. He still isn't clear on our weekend plans.
ReplyDeleteWe are the same!
So, we were in the CAR on the way up to the funeral. I mean, you cannot escape someone talking to you while in a CAR when they're in the passenger seat next to you. I told my hubs a whole story involving a cake and a cat. And I can't repeat it here, because it would be longer than this post, but trust me when I tell you it was a very good cake/cat story. And on my last line, my hubs said, "You know, I'm sorry, but I really wasn't listening. What did you say?"
ReplyDeleteIt was a story about a cake and a cat. How much better can you get? Also, too, did I mention we were in a CAR? What is wrong with you men?
I am familiar with this conversation.
ReplyDeleteIt's a lot like that old Far Side cartoon in regard to What Dogs Hear vs. What Dogs Understand.
What Dogs Hear: Ginger! I've told you a thousand times to stay out of the garbage can, Ginger! Keep your snoot where it belongs! Do you understand me, Ginger?
What Dogs Understand: Ginger! Blah, blah, blah blah, Ginger! Blah, blah blah! Blah, blah blah Ginger?
Try not to be offended that in this example, Abe, that men are being compared to dogs, Abe. Do you understand me, Abe?
Blah blah blah....
Check out "Opinions vs. the Sun" by the band Stars. You might like it. Just sayin....
ReplyDeleteYou may not. I guess we'll see.
ReplyDeleteSnicker! My husband requires advance notice of all social activities so he can mentally 'gear up' for it! Assuming of course he remembers...
ReplyDeleteTell you dad Happy Birthday.
ReplyDeleteOr is it your father-in-law?
Your poor wife!
ReplyDeletei get the husband's semi-alert attention when i call him by his last name.
ReplyDeletefor some reason, it works. maybe she should start sentences with "Cheese!"
I've got some great salad recipes that guest actually eat.
ReplyDeleteheh heh.. yep.. yep
ReplyDeleteToo funny!
ReplyDeleteYou and Luvpilot will be very happy together when you're both kicked out of the house.
ReplyDeleteYes, that would do it. By the way, everyone loves Chinese Chicken Salad. I think because the dressing is sweet.
ReplyDeleteand then you husbands wonder why we repeat ourselves over and over again!
ReplyDeleteI'm riding to Abe's defense. What nobody has mentioned is that the reason this conflict even occurred is that Abe was accosted by a completely unnecessary conversation.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure his dear wife is completely capable of calling her dad, choosing what kind of salad to make, going to the store, making the salad, and telling the family "get in the car - we are going to grampa's birthday party" all by herself! He did not need to be involved at all - the outcome would have been no different, because she is going to do what she's going to do anyway.
Besides, Abe was probably doing something important at the time, like making the world a better place with amusing Facebook status updates.
You also have stake conference...
ReplyDeleteJust thought you'd want a reminder about that, too.
LOL
Are you sure you're not related to my hubs? You're just a younger version of him.
ReplyDeleteInsanity is an escape from it all!
What is it with women, anyway?
ReplyDeleteThe dialogue hits a little too close to home...lol! Glad to know I'm not the only one :0)
ReplyDeleteI'm a lot better at faking it than you are. You should've just told her a kind of salad and been done with it! hahaha
ReplyDeleteYou would be surprised how many times the word "green" can be an appropriate answer to a question from a conversation you were not listening to.
ReplyDeleteSorry--its a joke my husband and I have....
ReplyDeleteI wonder at what point for girls life becomes all about getting together and for boys life is about glazed looks and grunts?
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a typical conversation I have with my 14 year old DAILY. I know it drives me crazy!!
ReplyDeleteYep! So, SO how it is at our house. Except many times, it's the other way around. My husband SWEARS I never listen to anything he says.
ReplyDeleteYou have captured the essence of EVERY conversation that happens at most houses between spouses.
ReplyDeleteAt my house it's even worse when one of us is sleep deprived. The same damn question gets asked over and over and over and over again.
Sadly, as I read this post to my hubby over the phone (he is in Afghanistan) he fell asleep on the phone, and I was left saying "Aaron! Are you listening to me?" ....(snoring)
ReplyDeleteSure you were listening, you just weren't absorbing the information. I do that all the time.
ReplyDeleteOh man! My husband is the same way!!! And yes, it drives me crazy too!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI constantly tell myself to not natter on and on to my poor, long-suffering hubbins, but I just can't help it!
ReplyDeleteI have gotten to the point where I'll punctuate a statement with, "You actually need to listen to this because it's important." It sometimes works.
Heh!
Eek. You're making me mad at my husband and he didn't even do that this time! ;) This is just so typical of our conversatinos (ie: Target yesterday trying to decide on a gift for a friend... went down almost exactly like your post, minus the lettuce)
ReplyDeleteHope they liked the salad!
The hubby and I had a simliar conversation yesterday, with the same result!
ReplyDeletehave you been listening in on my conversations with ManOfTheHouse?
ReplyDeleteoh wait, silly me - I always get assigned Jell-O... apparently they don't trust me with Salad.
Did you just write about eating salad with your Dad at a bithday party? Where was your wife?
ReplyDeleteHow does it feel??? ;)
We have those same conversations over here so it is NOT a Utah thing don't worry!
I am just as guilty of this as he is. Except I think mine is 50% distraction and the other 50% is literally I do not hear him. So basically if he wants to tell me something he should text me or email me. ;)
ReplyDeleteWhy is it so easy to tune family out?
ReplyDeleteThis clearly must all be happening while you are TRYING to blog. Am I right?
ReplyDeleteIt's so sad and EXACTLY true. =D
ReplyDeleteYou and my husband...
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