Hey! Are you listening to me?

Originally Posted by AliceNWondrland

Maybe you do. Most of the men I know (my husband included) don't talk enough to bore me, and when they do speak it's a rare enough thing that I automatically pay attention because I assume it's important.

I just want to throw in my two cents here.

I almost always (almost) listen at full capacity. I listen to things at such full capacity that I've developped a nasty habit of eavesdropping.

I hate asking someone to repeat what they've said, so I generally listen at full-throttle no matter what gender the person is. Unless I have a reason to believe otherwise, all people have equal listening room in my head.

HOWEVER. I have only got to say that I have yet to meet and experience a man who listens as intently as the women I have experienced.

The best way I try to catch a man to see if he's listening is for him to repeat back to me the last few points I've made. I'm a bitch like that, and I hate wasting my breath.

I feel bad for the men sometimes, because I DO talk a hell of a lot more than the typical man. Blab blab blab all day long. I usually apologize, too. "I'm sorry I'm talking so much, it's just I have so much on my mind." Sometimes I get mocked, sometimes I don't.

But yea. Men, from what I can tell, do NOT listen as closely as women do.

Jam it back in, in the dark.