Every husband should have installed a pull-string that releases recorded standard safe replies to whatever his wife says: The perfect “Stepford Husband.”
Wives also have the eyesight of an eagle, w/ photographic memory, the sense of smell of a shark with a data base of 3 gigabytes of reference odors on immediate recall and memory of an elephant w/ the same caacity data base; maybe even larger. The hearing has already been covered.
Selective listening, when it occurs all the time, is an insult. It is telling your spouse that they aren’t worthy of your attention. That you have no interest in their news, their problems, their ideas because they are trivial and boring. You are telling your spouse that they are just the housekeeper and child-minder and you have much more important things to do with your time.
Around here the opposite is true. Whatever he wants to do or wants done is what we do. What he wants to eat for dinner is what we have. If he wants to eat out, we do. When he wants to go out to a store and waste time wandering around in it just to do something – we do. Right now we are watching reruns of “The Waltons” which he would never would watch when originally it was on, but now watches constantly – it is on TV when I wake up and is on TV when we going to bed – same episodes seem to be on both sets of reruns so we watch the same episodes within a day of having seen it. He wants to take a trip, so we take a trip.
If I say I need to stay home to get work done (I am still working part time from home – he was, but he stopped in 2019) and he wants to go out – out we go.
Templo S.U.D. over 1 year ago
yikes
Grumpy Old Guy over 1 year ago
“Yes dear” is the most safe go-to response in these situations…..
allen@home over 1 year ago
I’ve heard woman have a memory bank in their head. They forget nothing.
jmolay161 over 1 year ago
A plugger is always in training by his wife!
'IndyMan' over 1 year ago
There will be an exam or ‘pop-quiz’ in six months and your score better be 100% ! ! ! !
PraiseofFolly over 1 year ago
Every husband should have installed a pull-string that releases recorded standard safe replies to whatever his wife says: The perfect “Stepford Husband.”
juicebruce over 1 year ago
Selective Memory …. Beware ;-)
Doug K over 1 year ago
Anything you say can and will be used against you …
Interventor12 over 1 year ago
Men develop selective listening. We pay attention to the important stuff. Keeps the divorce and murder rates down.
zerotvus over 1 year ago
Yes ma’am, no ma’am. that’s my standard answer. I’m a man, I know I’m wrong. I’m just not sure which way….so I’m covering my bases………..
ctolson over 1 year ago
Wives also have the eyesight of an eagle, w/ photographic memory, the sense of smell of a shark with a data base of 3 gigabytes of reference odors on immediate recall and memory of an elephant w/ the same caacity data base; maybe even larger. The hearing has already been covered.
walstib Premium Member over 1 year ago
After 40 years of life coaching, I don’t know why I’m not perfect by now.
GreenT267 over 1 year ago
Selective listening, when it occurs all the time, is an insult. It is telling your spouse that they aren’t worthy of your attention. That you have no interest in their news, their problems, their ideas because they are trivial and boring. You are telling your spouse that they are just the housekeeper and child-minder and you have much more important things to do with your time.
goboboyd over 1 year ago
Yeah, you’re listening, but you haven’t ‘heard’ a word she said.
Gent over 1 year ago
To makes him to listens you has to says the magic words — picanic baskets.
Teto85 Premium Member over 1 year ago
A real plugger. His belt is linger than she is tall. Not all mature male pluggers are morbidly obese.
ladykat over 1 year ago
Indeed it is. Women and elephants never forget.
Alberta Oil Premium Member over 1 year ago
With instant replay no matter how long ago. Even the Google is no match..
SofaKing over 1 year ago
Comedian Mitch Fatel has a routine about this.
pca Premium Member over 1 year ago
Smartest thing a man ever says. “Yes, Dear.” I’ve been saying it from long before “plugging.”
martinman8 over 1 year ago
the two most spoken words in a mariage. yes dear.
Watchdog over 1 year ago
One of the best Pluggers
Sean Fox over 1 year ago
I married a man myself so we both just yes dear each other, the perfect marriage
Caldonia over 1 year ago
Okay, Sam, what’s your major malfunction?
hubbard3188 over 1 year ago
Oh, this one is outstanding! Nailed it, and how!
bull_moose_1912 over 1 year ago
More like "anything you do or do not say can and will be used against you with no statute of limitations.
MichaelSFC90 over 1 year ago
Another phrase could apply—“You have the right to remain silent.”
mafastore over 1 year ago
Around here the opposite is true. Whatever he wants to do or wants done is what we do. What he wants to eat for dinner is what we have. If he wants to eat out, we do. When he wants to go out to a store and waste time wandering around in it just to do something – we do. Right now we are watching reruns of “The Waltons” which he would never would watch when originally it was on, but now watches constantly – it is on TV when I wake up and is on TV when we going to bed – same episodes seem to be on both sets of reruns so we watch the same episodes within a day of having seen it. He wants to take a trip, so we take a trip.
If I say I need to stay home to get work done (I am still working part time from home – he was, but he stopped in 2019) and he wants to go out – out we go.