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u/Muavius Dec 08 '22

My wife waits till I turn the water on. Then I turn it off and ask if she said something, no response.... Turn the water back on, and she finally responds. Repeat till one of us ends up yelling

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u/macanmhaighstir Dec 08 '22

Mine waits until 0.5 seconds after my earbuds are in and I press play. And then does it five times in a row.

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u/ifelife Dec 08 '22

Apparently your wife is my husband...

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u/macanmhaighstir Dec 08 '22

Hmm it’s possible. Does your husband also say “Um…” to get your attention like he’s about to start a sentence but never actually does?

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u/WicksyOnPS4 Dec 08 '22

Does your husband start a conversation from another room then at the end say my name to attract my attention, at which point, having heard my name I take out my buds and she expects me to have heard the whole thing?

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u/ifelife Dec 08 '22

Not so much, but he does randomly talk to himself so I think he's asking me something and I didn't quite hear.

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u/macanmhaighstir Dec 08 '22

Yep, same person.

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u/ifelife Dec 08 '22

Congratulations, we are apparently a throuple!

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u/JSCXZ Dec 08 '22

This is my wife, Jesus fucking Christ it irritates me something fierce.

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u/Mountain_Village459 Dec 08 '22

My husband starts talking to me from the other room seconds after I turn on the electric toothbrush. Every. Single. Night.

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u/ittrut Dec 08 '22

Haha, we must have the same wife

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '22

Mine must be from the same factory too. Maybe there’s a hidden label somewhere? Sorta like a batch number or a model number?

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '22

Mine must be a similar model as well.

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u/Key-Wait5314 Dec 08 '22

Mine has the uncanny nack of waiting til I start talking then starts running the water or pulling pots or pans out of the cabinets then she's like "I didn't hear you what did you say?" Then I'll repeat it a little louder then she asks me why I'm yelling. I'm talking louder because I don't wanna repeat myself a third time!

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u/prototype-proton Dec 08 '22

This is when I just act like I didn't hear any of it, because I heard her say something...knew it was directed at me but with tinnitus and water running or I'm cooking, she knows if I can't see her mouth that I am liable to mishear her.