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People that don't listen
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Anyone got any tips on how to get through to someone who doesn't listen .. and by listen I mean within their brain actually understand the meaning of what you're trying to say!!
My mother annoys the hell out of me ... she'll never give you a straight answer to the most simple questions.
Like when my Aunt was coming from Toronto I asked her "What time does the flight land?"
And she'd say something like "Oh!, like same as last when we came, 2 hours before"
It took about 3 attempts to get her to say "4am"
She's alway been like this, you'll never get the answer you want from her, ... sometimes I have to say the question in parts and backwards like .. "Plane ... Time .. Lands ... When??" and then she'll gets it... I'm beginning to wonder if she's Dyslextic or something.
I can never once remember having a heart to heart conversation with her because it's like talking to a brick wall ... EXCEPT if you were to have an argument with her 2 years later she'll remember exactly what you said and use it against you... so now have a very good reason not to tell her anything specific.
My mother annoys the hell out of me ... she'll never give you a straight answer to the most simple questions.
Like when my Aunt was coming from Toronto I asked her "What time does the flight land?"
And she'd say something like "Oh!, like same as last when we came, 2 hours before"
It took about 3 attempts to get her to say "4am"
She's alway been like this, you'll never get the answer you want from her, ... sometimes I have to say the question in parts and backwards like .. "Plane ... Time .. Lands ... When??" and then she'll gets it... I'm beginning to wonder if she's Dyslextic or something.
I can never once remember having a heart to heart conversation with her because it's like talking to a brick wall ... EXCEPT if you were to have an argument with her 2 years later she'll remember exactly what you said and use it against you... so now have a very good reason not to tell her anything specific.
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:rolleyes: not ALL women.
All women over X age. :yes:
- It sounds really flustrating though!:banghead:
its not a male thing either. it is a stupid people thing.
some people just don't know how to give straight answers.