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A topic here was about whether retired spouses talk to each other. Thought I'd start a new topic which is really a side question of this other topic. Interested in retired people answers but all are appreciated.
What do you guess is the conversation word ratio between you and your spouse? For example, if you're a male and speak 100 words and your female spouse speaks 200 words, it would be expressed as follows: 100M:200F.
Of course, it's an educated guess at best. I'm not retired but I'll offer the first answer. 100M:500F.
I could not begin to try to determine the ratio. My wife does say I interrupt her a lot, but typically that is the only way I have an opportunity to say anything.
500M-500F we are both very verbal, we talk all the time. When we are apart we talk on the phone. It's my second marriage we've been together 22 years, I think we became a couple because we found so much to talk to each other about
We are totally opposite. 700 M : 100 F. I'm an introvert-my husband is totally extroverted.
That's about our ratio but DH & I are both introverts. He just likes to talk, especially when he's with just me and/or close family.
He's a sweetheart tho so we don't mind. Plus he spends several hours a day doing yardwork and other projects so I get a break. But I learned years ago that if I want to listen to an audiobook or watch tv, I have to retire to another room.
A topic here was about whether retired spouses talk to each other. Thought I'd start a new topic which is really a side question of this other topic. Interested in retired people answers but all are appreciated.
What do you guess is the conversation word ratio between you and your spouse? For example, if you're a male and speak 100 words and your female spouse speaks 200 words, it would be expressed as follows: 100M:200F.
Of course, it's an educated guess at best. I'm not retired but I'll offer the first answer. 100M:500F.
50/50. We're were both retired political and legislative analysts and somewhat opposite politically so there were always things to talk about. Besides, talking together as friends for five years before I asked her out was just what we did. Thankfully, we remained friends after we finally married. I really miss our conversations, even when we disagreed.
Though neither of us are big talkers, I'd say he talks a lot more than I do. When he gets on a political rant, watch out, I can barely sneak a word in. He does tend to interrupt too, which I don't.
It surprises me all the women big-talkers. I thought that was a stereotype. 'Course, those are usually true, or they wouldn't exist....
I no longer talk about politics. I do not defend nor attack anymore. Just too much emotion at the moment.
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But I learned years ago that if I want to listen to an audiobook or watch tv, I have to retire to another room.
