I HEAR YOU~

I think my husband has gone deaf.

He tells me he hears me but I don't think so.

I can understand how this happened. You see, his mom, she's well, she's sortof, well, she's very LOUD.

I sometimes have to walk out of the room if he puts her on speakerphone when she calls. She's not only loud but she also tends to repeat herself.

She likes to tell you a story and then she'll tell you about how she bumped into so and so and told her the story. Except she actually tells you the conversation they had, hence, repeating the story.

Then it gets even better because when you see her she'll forget she already told you the story and feel the need to tell it again. We actually make bets on this in the car on the way to her house.

So I can't blame the man for losing the ability to hear.

I have to give it to him for coming up with a way to deal with it....

He says "I hear you" .... although he's actually heard nothing at all. Hoping against all hope that the speaker will feel she got her point across and will actually stop talking.

The problem I have is that how do I get him to listen to me?

I used to fall for the "I hear you" response. He's quick with it. I see the blank stare in his eyes but he says he hears me so I have to assume he has. Sometimes I think I should repeat myself but that only gets him upset and then I get the "I HEARD YOU!!!" response. Oh, and when it's followed by my first name I know I've pushed him too far.

However, a week after asking him to pick up his shirt off the living room chair, or pay the bill or call the insurance company, when I try to remind him, he takes me by complete surprise with "I didn't hear you".