My husband bought a new rod and reel this weekend. It's red. He spent about a half an hour yammering on and ON about all the fancy features it has, and what a steal he got on it, and the look of pride on his face was BEAMING. I, however, don't remember any of it with the exception of the color. When he starts in on his new toys, I simply repeat the last few words he said to me in the form of a question or statement to make it seem as if I'm listening and truly interested.
The Husband: You see this fucking awesome pole?! It's got [insert features I can't remember here, and make it last 10 minutes]! Yeah, AND I scored this on sale for [$x.xx]!
Me: [Best fake shocked face fucking ever] WOW! [$x.xx]?! (Continue reading newest featured story on facebook)
The Husband: YEAH! Can you believe it?! I know I can definitely use it to [insert crap you would do with a fishing rod that is more in depth than 'fish', and again make it last at least 10 minutes]. I can't WAIT to get out on the boat and try it out!
Me: Oh yeah, getting out on the boat will be great! (Start sorting through my email)
The Husband: I need to look up tide times for tomorrow so I know what time we'll be launching. I really hope it won't be at midnight again... [insert craptastic story of the LAST time he went fishing with his OLD rod and reel and how THIS time it will be *soooo* much different. Make it last at least 15 minutes].
Me: [Oh crap. I can't remember what he just said... fuck.] :SMILE: :NOD:
Unsurprisingly this technique is employed for various topic subjects from hunting, fishing, guns (although I do take some interest in this subject), cars, tools, electronics... the list goes on and on. If the man actually wanted me to pay GENUINE attention, he'd learn to talk about shit like: yarn, crafting, dogs, babies, food, and just about ANYTHING except the before mentioned subjects that he usually prefers. But since he doesn't, I can only assume he doesn't give a shit if I am really listening or not and just wants to talk about his new toys.
Am I wrong? I highly doubt it. Do I care? Um, not really. He just better be ready for me to ear-fuck him when I want to talk about me-related subjects, and he better pretend to care too!
What kind of crap do your spouses talk about that you have absolutely NO interest in (if you can even remember...)? Please tell me while I sit here, virtual ears wide open... oh, don't mind my posting some new facebook statuses in the mean time, I promise I really am listening ;)
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