Does Your Partner Listen to You?
The age old question.
My answer to this is yes, and no. I believe after a while our partners begin to have what I call “selective hearing”.
There are key words in our language that our partners hear. If your partner is a man, the words he responds to might be “sex, food, football, TV, cars, hunting, etc”. Key words they block out are “feelings, romance, we need to talk, etc” You get the idea, don’t you? Oh I am sure there are key words I block out too, when my partner says them, like “what’s for Dinner?, laundry, dishes, sex, football, hunting, etc.” and the ones that get my attention might be “money, romance, the kids, etc.”
Tonight when my husband came home, he asked how my day was, and I commented about having a really bad headache most of the day. It wasn’t ten minutes later he asked “So are you feeling better today?” Well “DUH” if having a really bad headache means feeling better, well I guess.
I could go on and on with the times I realize he doesn’t listen.
Oh Well.
January 2nd, 2009 at 06:13
It’s cliche but communication is key to success..sure sex is great and all but after you do the deed and watch a movie there’s still 20 hours or so left in the day