Hey! Are you listening to me?

Originally Posted by Sar

I do listen, but often discover the other person has absolutely nothing interesting to say. And anything I have to say usually goes way over their head.

There should be another thread about dumbing things down for people.

Wow. Your elitism is astounding. Why do you assume that what you're saying goes over everyone's head? More likely, you're boring as hell and they don't listen to you any more than you listen to them.


kat, I've been around men longer than a lot of the people who post here have been alive, and I have to be brutally honest. Men just can't take our incessant babbling. Women (in general) just talk WAY too much. Also, I've read about studies that prove that men don't pay attention to women as much as they pay attention to men, and I believe this to be true.

My husband has developed this wonderful skill of appearing to be listening to me, nodding his head occasionally, adding in "yes," "right," and "OK" in all the right places; however if I bring the subject up a couple of days later or even the next day he has no clue what I'm talking about. I'm convinced that unless a woman is talking about football, sex or beer the guy won't be paying attention to her.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Devoxy

Women shut off their ears when men speak of things they have no interest.

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.

There's nowhere I can't reach.