Do you ever wonder what they say about us? Naw, let’s not go there.

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Originally posted by RogueJSK:

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Originally posted by ShneaSIG:
I hate it how my wife always waits until I'm in another room to ask me to mmmmmfffrhfghh rfffgrubbbfgght muurrrrrffffllle.

Oh god, yes. This. My wife is the queen of this.

And every time I have to ask her to repeat herself, she scoffs and claims I must be hard of hearing, even though she knows she's the one trying to talk to me from two rooms over, with the TV on, while facing away from me, and the dog is barking, and I'm focusing on something else at the moment.

Just because I don't have superhuman hearing doesn't make me deaf, woman!

I've repeatedly asked her to come to the same room and face me before trying to talk to me. But 10 years, and it hasn't changed.

It's my single biggest pet peeve with my wife.

Everyday! Everyday! Sigh!

I'm in for 30 years, and see two common threads.

Talking to me from the next room with the TV/Sink/Dishwasher/Washing Machine/etc running and expecting me to understand anything she said.

and the "you never talk" thing. I too say "what would you like to talk about?" and get in trouble for it.

My additional issue is waiting for her after every event is over. After church, after visiting someones house, after going anywhere - she stands and talks for another 10 - 30 minutes while I wait on her (usually in the car).

We don't have the issue with straight answers to questions. Perhaps because we are both scientists by bent and education...

Never fails, one of the most difficult things for any couple is deciding what to have for dinner. A couple of weeks ago the missus asks me, "What should we have for dinner?" I replied, "I don't know, let's vote."

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Originally posted by MRMATT:

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Originally posted by RogueJSK:

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Originally posted by ShneaSIG:
I hate it how my wife always waits until I'm in another room to ask me to mmmmmfffrhfghh rfffgrubbbfgght muurrrrrffffllle.

Oh god, yes. This. My wife is the queen of this.

And every time I have to ask her to repeat herself, she scoffs and claims I must be hard of hearing, even though she knows she's the one trying to talk to me from two rooms over, with the TV on, while facing away from me, and the dog is barking, and I'm focusing on something else at the moment.

Just because I don't have superhuman hearing doesn't make me deaf, woman!

I've repeatedly asked her to come to the same room and face me before trying to talk to me. But 10 years, and it hasn't changed.

It's my single biggest pet peeve with my wife.

Everyday! Everyday! Sigh!

The solution is easy.

Act like you didn't hear her at all.

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Originally posted by P-220:
I feel your pain.

Every now and then I just say to my wife, "can you answer the question I asked?". Then she spends a day not talking to me.

Yes, you think I would learn too.

Same issue here. Sometimes you have to just not speak...period.

Spouses. Spice? Speece?

You can't live with them, and you can't live with them.