My recently deceased wife and I have always had cats and dogs in the entire 35 years we were together and I have to say that there are “certain” sounds that just GO through you and will definitely “wake” you. I was pretty much the one who was awakened by those sounds and as the animals got older so many “new” sounds to wake up to. Also when MIL with dementia moved in you “listen” for different sounds too. Right now I’m “listening” for my wife but alas nothing yet. :(
True story: at one job, a new program manager joined. He assembled the troops and proceeded to blather for three hours, telling us him autobiography. I fell asleep and he said, very angrily, “if you have something better to do, you can go do it.” I said “I’m sorry. You’re as dull as a pile of cow manure.” OK, I made up that last line and actually said something obsequious.
Oddly, he never seemed to like me. And he married one of the other women on the project.
mamarose127 Premium Member over 3 years ago
I didn’t know Norm had a dog.
John9 over 3 years ago
My recently deceased wife and I have always had cats and dogs in the entire 35 years we were together and I have to say that there are “certain” sounds that just GO through you and will definitely “wake” you. I was pretty much the one who was awakened by those sounds and as the animals got older so many “new” sounds to wake up to. Also when MIL with dementia moved in you “listen” for different sounds too. Right now I’m “listening” for my wife but alas nothing yet. :(
Skeptical Meg over 3 years ago
True story: at one job, a new program manager joined. He assembled the troops and proceeded to blather for three hours, telling us him autobiography. I fell asleep and he said, very angrily, “if you have something better to do, you can go do it.” I said “I’m sorry. You’re as dull as a pile of cow manure.” OK, I made up that last line and actually said something obsequious.
Oddly, he never seemed to like me. And he married one of the other women on the project.
PoodleGroomer over 3 years ago
It is not boring. It is comforting me to sleep, like classical music.