I'm 64 now. Many years of open race car headers have left me very hard of hearing.

Wife always seems to want to add something to her list of "while you are there" list. And always seems to do so while I'm walking away.

Write it down,complete with size,brand and any other "special" specs or you get what you get !

OP: Your post reminded me of the following joke:

Grandma & Grampa are sitting there watching TV when Grandpa decides he's hungry for some ice cream.

"Hey, Grandma - I'm gonna' head to the kitchen and get myself a dish of ice cream. You want I should get you some, too?"

"Sure, Grandpa, sounds good. But you better write down what you're going out there for or else you'll forget." replies Grandma.

"I will not!" retorts Grandpa. "In fact, tell me what you want on it and I'll show you I can remember that, too."

"OK," says Grandma, "I'll have some chocolate sauce. But you're gonna' forget..."

Grandpa heads out to the kitchen and disappears for about 20 or 30 minutes, accompanied by a cacaphonous banging of pots and pans. Finally he emerges, carrying a plate of scrambled eggs.

"See there, Grandpa. I told you you'd forget!" chides Grandma.

"Whaddya' mean, 'forget,' Grandma? What did I forget?" demands Grandpa.

"You fool," says Grandma. "You forgot my bacon!"

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Originally posted by DaBigBR:

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Originally posted by SevenPlusOne:
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That's immediately what I thought of.

I'm surprised there aren't 30 responses w/ that clip.

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Originally posted by Otto Pilot:
Thank God. We need to form a support group. I knew I wasn't alone, but it's good to hear anyway. The low voice, facing away, in another room thing drives me insane.

I simply don't respond unless I can hear it clearly - if someone is in another room and trying to talk to me, it obviously isn't that important...

Big fan of texting lists - I just tell her to text it to me if she really wants me to get it. Or she is always free to go herself...

All I've gathered is that once a woman marries you, its like permission to just talk and expect you to understand/hear/knowwhatshemeant. I'm young into my marriage and already she does this. Then gets mad when I'm like, what? I am obviously playing video games, trying to not get shot, and you are telling me about something your cousins i've met once is doing. Then when I start to talk, you tell me to speak up. I spend my day yelling at grown men, I'd rather not yell at home

When you add in the right brain left brain factor you multiply the confusion.

Here is how that happens.

My wife is a notorious "low talker" and loves to artistically combine her LT status with other events. Among her favorites are:

1) when I'm on the phone
2) when I'm pumping gas at a station with lots of noise
3) when I'm watching tv
4) when she's walking away from me, usually on a busy street
5) when others are speaking to me at the same time.

I find that the more important the issue, the lower to decibels she uses. Somewhere just south of the volume of a cockroach fart is her usual setting.

Yes, my wife does this too. My two biggest peeves are:

1. I am heading into the bathroom, and she is still talking. But wait, once I stop, acknowledge what she says, and close the door, she is still talking

2. We are watching a movie, or some tv program, and right in the middle of some action scene or whatnot, she starts talking. "Uh, wait, what? No, I didn't hear you, I was watching the tube".........drives me nuts.

If she wants something from the store, I tell her to make a list. Seems to work .

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Originally posted by recoatlift:
My bride is famous for asking me to get something in a low voice as she's turning away, as if she's trying to drive me nuts. Kinda like Charles Boyer in "Gaslight".

Well, Merry Chritmas have patience!

I am married to her sister!!

When you ask "what did you say?" Does she turn toward you to repeat and as soon as the first syllable come out, turn away to finish?

And then when you ask again, does she get mad?

Thank you friends, my wife and I just had a useful discussion in which we agreed that we do these things to each other. We don't know if it's losing hearing acuity, because the problem has become more mutually annoying than it used to be.