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Your lady decides she is in a chatty mood, and as she goes on and on about other kids' parents, the jerk at work, hair appointments, blah blah blah....and your mind is off in Malaysia and the DEI?
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Your lady decides she is in a chatty mood, and as she goes on and on about other kids' parents, the jerk at work, hair appointments, blah blah blah....and your mind is off in Malaysia and the DEI?
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Reminds me of a line from Dumb and Dumber [:)]

"Yeah I called her up, she gave me a bunch of crap about me not listening to her, or something, I don't know, I wasn't really paying attention."
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There is an art to learning how to pretend you are listening.
A. Every now and then repeat back what she says.
B. Every 10 minutes just say "honey, you are absolutely right" It does not matter what she said, just support her verbally.

My grandparents were married 67 years and my grandmother has a huge motor mouth that does not
stop sprouting garbage...My mom was over at there house once and when grandmom went to the bathroom she asked my grandfather
how he could listen to this all day...
He then told her his system (A and B). He added if he actually listened to her for more than hour he said he would have killed her.

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If I told my wife that I read the reports and run the combat before going to the bathroom, showering or walking the dog so I can ponder my next moves she'd think that I was nuts.

We're supposed to be a driver, beast of burden, doer of the Honey Do list, but listen?
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Your lady decides she is in a chatty mood, and as she goes on and on about other kids' parents, the jerk at work, hair appointments, blah blah blah....and your mind is off in Malaysia and the DEI?

We must be seperated at birth... but not so much Malaysia right now...wondering if 5 DDs in my CV force is enough vs 6-8...
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I just ask my wife for the short version.
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I only use short term memory when listening to my wife. Just enough to be able to ask general questions or respond with <insert appropriate emotion here>. She gives me so many names that I cannot possibly keep them straight.

Using short term memory only requires 4-5% of your mind, allowing 95% to be used on more important stuff, like the chances of Betty showing up at your invasion party.

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I once mentioned to my wife that "Betty ruined my day". I will never make that mistake again.
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Here is how you handle it gentleman: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5pOZhKX0KU
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ORIGINAL: AU Tiger

Your lady decides she is in a chatty mood, and as she goes on and on about other kids' parents, the jerk at work, hair appointments, blah blah blah....and your mind is off in Malaysia and the DEI?

Every.
Friggin.
Day.

Lately we've been babysitting for friends, and now she's suddenly stricken with a bad case of baby fever. Won't stop talking about "baby this" and "baby that". Showing pictures of the baby, and other babies, on her iPhone. God.

Thankfully, we've matured past the point where it's biologically possible (and psychologically tolerable) for us to have children. She seems to think that babies stay cute and cuddly forever, and neglects to think of the prospect of raising teenagers while in our 60s.

I still fear that I may come home someday and find the friend's baby at our house, without her mother knowing about it...
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ORIGINAL: Treetop64

ORIGINAL: AU Tiger

Your lady decides she is in a chatty mood, and as she goes on and on about other kids' parents, the jerk at work, hair appointments, blah blah blah....and your mind is off in Malaysia and the DEI?

Every.
Friggin.
Day.

Lately we've been babysitting for friends, and now she's suddenly stricken with a bad case of baby fever. Won't stop talking about "baby this" and "baby that". Showing pictures of the baby, and other babies, on her iPhone. God.

Thankfully, we've matured past the point where it's biologically possible (and psychologically tolerable) for us to have children. She seems to think that babies stay cute and cuddly forever, and neglects to think of the prospect of raising teenagers while in our 60s.

I still fear that I may come home someday and find the friend's baby at our house, without her mother knowing about it...


Get her a Great Dane puppy. It might cure that.
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Why should women always wear white?
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So that they match the rest of the appliances.[;)]
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Why should women always wear white?
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So that they match the rest of the appliances.[;)]


Oh lord, here is comes....
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ORIGINAL: Treetop64

ORIGINAL: AU Tiger

Your lady decides she is in a chatty mood, and as she goes on and on about other kids' parents, the jerk at work, hair appointments, blah blah blah....and your mind is off in Malaysia and the DEI?

Every.
Friggin.
Day.

Lately we've been babysitting for friends, and now she's suddenly stricken with a bad case of baby fever. Won't stop talking about "baby this" and "baby that". Showing pictures of the baby, and other babies, on her iPhone. God.

Thankfully, we've matured past the point where it's biologically possible (and psychologically tolerable) for us to have children. She seems to think that babies stay cute and cuddly forever, and neglects to think of the prospect of raising teenagers while in our 60s.

I still fear that I may come home someday and find the friend's baby at our house, without her mother knowing about it...


Get her a Great Dane puppy. It might cure that.

She's a Yorkshire Terrier type. :)
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Q: what's the fastest way to a man's heart?
A: a sharp, long knife

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The version I've heard is "right through his farking rib-cage". Not quite as subtle, but the sentiment is still there.
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ORIGINAL: Treetop64
Lately we've been babysitting for friends, and now she's suddenly stricken with a bad case of baby fever. Won't stop talking about "baby this" and "baby that". Showing pictures of the baby, and other babies, on her iPhone. God.

Thankfully, we've matured past the point where it's biologically possible (and psychologically tolerable) for us to have children. She seems to think that babies stay cute and cuddly forever, and neglects to think of the prospect of raising teenagers while in our 60s.

I still fear that I may come home someday and find the friend's baby at our house, without her mother knowing about it...

My parents were well into their 40s when I came along. After going to a parent teacher conference at school once my mother commented that she was old enough to be all the other kid's parents. My father started collecting social security the year I started college. It was weird, and I could see it was a horrible strain on them.

I never wanted kids and my SO actively dislikes any human under the age of 15. She thinks all babies are horribly ugly beyond comprehension.

She's also not one to run on about nothing. Usually her stories range from interesting enough to keep my attention to quite interesting.

We do have some role reversal. I've caught her doing A and B above when I'm telling her something. Sometimes it's been important and I think there was a decision made when she wasn't paying enough attention and finds out later that something happened she didn't like because she was doing the "uh huh, sure" thing without really listening. She does have the integrity to look sheepish when those things happen and I point out to her we had a lengthy conversation about it.

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ORIGINAL: AU Tiger

Your lady decides she is in a chatty mood, and as she goes on and on about other kids' parents, the jerk at work, hair appointments, blah blah blah....and your mind is off in Malaysia and the DEI?

Every.
Friggin.
Day.

Lately we've been babysitting for friends, and now she's suddenly stricken with a bad case of baby fever. Won't stop talking about "baby this" and "baby that". Showing pictures of the baby, and other babies, on her iPhone. God.

Thankfully, we've matured past the point where it's biologically possible (and psychologically tolerable) for us to have children. She seems to think that babies stay cute and cuddly forever, and neglects to think of the prospect of raising teenagers while in our 60s.

I still fear that I may come home someday and find the friend's baby at our house, without her mother knowing about it...
Uh, yeah. Well watch yourself there champ. I can tell you that I added a (now) 4yo to a (now) 22yo thinking the same thing: "we are way past that ..." [;)]
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She thinks all babies are horribly ugly beyond comprehension

Thats only true for the ones that are not yours...
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