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I love my Wife dearly, but..truth be told...I can be telling her something very important and she will just interrupt me and talk over me as though what she had to say (probably about Oprah) was more important than what I was saying. When she is done she doesn't even acknowledge that I was talking and that she interrupted me.
Ever try to follow a conversation with a bunch of females? They all talk at the same time yet know what the others are saying. Since we already have a thread entitled "Is it true that men don't listen?" I figured it would be fair to start this one.
Come on guys, we may be outnumbered but let's give it a shot!...don't be chicken!!
Ok I'll join in, my wife does do that but I just figure if she doesn't get it out right then and there she will forget to tell me something important. On the other hand most guys that talk over me are just doing it to one up me...just my opinion....there i'm all done sucking up...lol
I love my Wife dearly, but..truth be told...I can be telling her something very important and she will just interrupt me and talk over me as though what she had to say (probably about Oprah) was more important than what I was saying. When she is done she doesn't even acknowledge that I was talking and that she interrupted me.
Ever try to follow a conversation with a bunch of females? They all talk at the same time yet know what the others are saying. Since we already have a thread entitled "Is it true that men don't listen?" I figured it would be fair to start this one.
Come on guys, we may be outnumbered but let's give it a shot!...don't be chicken!!
Well, in my case, it was a little different with the woman I'm now with. In fact, I am (was) guilty of being the blabbermouth with her. One night she called me out on it. I am one of those who does like to talk when I'm comfortable with who I'm with. So, I tried to smooth things over by telling her that the reason I over-talked her was because she was so easy to talk to. That didn't fly too well, and I have made a deliberate effort to listen to her more. And I'm not being a chicken about it here. The fact is, she was right, and I'm just being honest enough to admit it. But even though she has higher degrees in education than I do, I'm still MUCH smarter than she is!
Well, in my case, it was a little different with the woman I'm now with. In fact, I am (was) guilty of being the blabbermouth with her. One night she called me out on it. I am one of those who does like to talk when I'm comfortable with who I'm with. So, I tried to smooth things over by telling her that the reason I over-talked her was because she was so easy to talk to. That didn't fly too well, and I have made a deliberate effort to listen to her more. And I'm not being a chicken about it here. The fact is, she was right, and I'm just being honest enough to admit it. But even though she has higher degrees in education than I do, I'm still MUCH smarter than she is!
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I come from a long line of interrupters. My parents are notoriously interrupt anyone with some funny antidote or memory. They have no idea they do it. I wasn't even aware they did it until a was about 20 and attempted to tell them good news at the dinner table and one of them interrupted and then they both went on, not realizing they didn't hear my story.
Even now, I can call them with another great story about my day or their grandchild and they interrupt and we talk for sometime and say goodbye and I then realize I didn't get to tell them what I called them for.
I rarely get a word in.
I, ever my parents daughter, didn't realize that I too interrupted until about 10 years ago, so now I concentrate on not interrupting anyone and apologize when I do. I've come a long way.
Perhaps it is a behavior your wife learned by being interrupted within her own family.
I don't think we can completely generalise about sexes here - although my mum is a world class interrupter, my boyfriend is a close second if we have wine and haven't caught up all week. :-)
My MIL will ask me a question that requires more than a yes or no answer and when I attempt to answer her - and I'm not long winded, mind you - she will interrupt what I'm saying to talk to my husband. I got to the point where when she would ask me a question I would ask her if she really wants to know.
Bunky:
I started this thread as a humorous response to one entitled "Do men really listen?". I thought it would be funny to put the shoe on the other foot...BUT...some Mod decided to move the thread out of Other Topics to Relationships where it just isn't working. It is too serious here and it was meant to poke fun.
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