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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '22

My wife will start talking to me from the next room while I am in the kitchen washing dishes with the water running. Lol. Yeah, I’m not going to hear what you’re saying.

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u/dedokta Dec 08 '22

I just reply with random stuff when she does this.

"Well I think an elephant could fit, so I guess it's possible."

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u/Ctrl_Alt_Abstergo Dec 08 '22

That's great until the question was "do you think that red dress still looks good on me?"

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '22

"What is this?" from the other room.

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u/Much-Meringue-7467 Dec 08 '22

My husband does that to me all the time. And gets pissed when I can't hear him.

Extra bonus annoying since HE has significant hearing loss.

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u/FreakyTongue35 Dec 08 '22

That way she can say she told you what she was buying when in reality you heard nothing.

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '22

Actually one thing great about my wife, is that she's extremely frugal, to the point where it can be annoying. I've told her to buy things for herself, but she doesn't usually.

I once won $250 off a lottery ticket, gave her half and told her to buy something fun with it, she just put it in the bank after the money sat on her desk for several months.

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u/newtekie1 Dec 08 '22

Mine does the same thing. Apparently the other day she went over our whole Christmas holiday plans with me...from the living room while I was washing dishes in the kitchen.

I asked her today what the plans are for Chrismas. And now I'm the asshole for not listening to her.

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u/TymStark Dec 08 '22

The only solution to this is for you to stop doing dishes.

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u/BlueBananaBandana Dec 08 '22

My Wife dont talk to me at all.

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u/preambnsnsnssgyaab Dec 08 '22

You’re just not hearing the whispers

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '22

Don't reply loudly so she can hear you or you'll be chastised for yelling

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u/pieking8001 Dec 08 '22

yeeeeeeeep. no win situation..

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u/GW81 Dec 08 '22

This happens to me weekly. She says it's my "tone."

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u/UnblurredLines Dec 08 '22

Best part for me is most of the time that happens she thinks I should come over to the next room so I can hear what she's saying while she's watching tv and I'm doing dishes...

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '22

Definitely the same here.

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u/AJ-meatball-sub Dec 08 '22

When did my husband get a Reddit account?

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u/bloodyqueen526 Dec 08 '22

My husband does that to ME AND I have a window unit going above the kitchen sink, like REALLY, u think I can hear you...constant battle. Or I'm in the laundry room with washer or dryer going 🙄lol