Leilouta

Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Whose Counting?

Moi,”Hi”

Husband,”Hi”

Moi,”How are you?”

Him,”Ok”

Moi,”I am thinking about cooking a Chinese dish tonight”

Him,”Ok”

Moi,”what are you doing?”

Husband,” Working.”

Moi,”Should I use chicken or beef?”

Husband,”ok”

Moi,:”OK what? I asked you if you wanted chicken or beef”

Husband,” whatever you want baby”

Moi,”Aaaaaaaah can you ever write a whole sentence? It is always either yes or no or ok…you don’t care about what I say.”

Husband, ”no”

Moi,:” NO what????? You are not listening to me…Seriously I miss how you used to pay attention to every small detail that I ever said while we were dating. Now you don’t even know what I am talking about most of the time.”

Him,”really?”

Moi,” What are you doing?”

Him,” working”

Moi,” How come I am always the one who starts IM-ing first. You never do that and it would really make my day if it started with a message from you. It would show me how you feel about me.”

Him,” well, I turn on the IM in the morning….doesn’t that tell you that I care?”

Moi, “ are you serious?”

Him, “ yes, why do you think I turn it on….”

Moi, “So you can talk to your brother.”

Him,” no”

Moi,” Can you just make a whole sentence for heaven’s sake?”

Him, “http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=419040&in_page_id=1879

Moi,” Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat? Are you saying I talk too much?”

Him,”no, it sez men don’t say too much“

Moi,” Right. You really think I talk too much, don’t you?”

Him,”no”

Moi,” Sure!! You know what? I don’t have anybody else to talk to. You’re the person who I talk to more than anybody else. I don’t even talk that much with other people.
Haven’t you noticed that? I am usually very quiet. I don’t have anything smart to talk about, that is why I try not to embarrass myself in front of others and keep my mouth shut. Really I am serious. I can’t believe you!!! My God!! If you think I talk too much, what about my coworker…..do you think she does? She speaks like she has a cd player in her throat. She never stops. It is always blahablabalbah....my dog, blah blah blah…my job….blahblahblah my dream man, my lunch blahblabalh… and you’re telling me I talk too much. Seriously, unbelievable!!!!!

Him,”ok”

Update:

My husband has had a few drinks tonite and is very talkative. Maybe they should do a study about who talks more when under the influence.

38 Comments:

  • At 7:37 PM, Blogger Carmen said…

    I had this same exact convo with my boyfriend recently!! I started thinking that I'm just expecting too much, that there was something wrong with me. Now I see there's something wrong with them!!

    On the other hand, I had a boyfriend once who didn't stop talking. It was like non-stop diarrhea.

     
  • At 8:30 PM, Anonymous exblonde said…

    :D trop marrant franchement:)))) on dirait que je lis une blague ou que c'est une secene d'un film. et pourtant c'est la realite:)

     
  • At 9:36 PM, Anonymous Leilouta's Husband said…

    Didn't you realize that you are soooo boringggg???!!!!

     
  • At 9:59 PM, Blogger Leilouta said…

    FAKE leilouta's husband,

    "leilouta's husband" in your dreams!

    ....if I am that boring how come it says in the status site that you have 163 returning visits?

     
  • At 10:38 PM, Anonymous Big Brother... said…

    "....if I am that boring how come it says in the status site that you have 163 returning visits?"
    Wowww how smart you are!! See you cannot be that stupid sometimes.For God's sake how did you get the bright idea of looking into the status??,???Did you reach a conclusion?? ha ha ha of course not, because you are a Loser! and right now you are much more confused he he he poor you...

     
  • At 1:19 AM, Anonymous egyptchick7 said…

    wow big brother/ the FAKE husband....I don't wanna offend you but since you have been offensive to Leilouta...^%$@
    You :)

    Oh and Leilouta, you are not boring at all, and no matter how you hint to your husband or any man for that matter anything, they will never do it! And even spelling it out doesn't work. Annoying the heck out of them does tho :)

     
  • At 3:49 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    lol, leilouta your strange little annon friend sounds like a frustrated & depressed teen boy who's developed a infatuation over you. hmmm, I'm also sensing a fear of living/breathing women here... is this just another case of an impotent little boy attempting to grow some cyber balls to make up for his inadequacy?

     
  • At 3:54 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Leilouta,

    How you found out about 163 visits, please share.

     
  • At 4:06 AM, Blogger GC said…

    By the way I do the same thing with my wife sometimes. What happens then, is that I would be pre-occupied with something so I answer the questions on auto-pilot. Most of the times I give the right answers, but sometimes I do get caught :)

     
  • At 4:29 AM, Anonymous europia said…

    Thx for the link, Leilouta!
    And great post... Put tears of laughter in my eyes!

     
  • At 6:00 AM, Blogger Massir said…

    They don't know my father...
    He talks much more than a thousand women!

     
  • At 6:46 AM, Anonymous jack said…

    Mrs Jack demands that I look at her when we speak.

    Arggggg

    Oh and there is always a quiz later.

    Double Arggggg

     
  • At 7:40 AM, Anonymous Imen said…

    Some males are interesting... as soon as you ignore them they run after you like crazy!

    You can always call me when you want to chat Leilouta... it's always a pleasure to catch up with you!!
    :))

     
  • At 7:52 AM, Anonymous Solo said…

    Sorry I was distracted. What were ya'll talking about? ;-)

     
  • At 9:06 AM, Blogger sassou said…

    Ok, when you have such a converstion you can call me :) It's been a long looong time.I remember when we were at school we spend all the day together and when we go back home we continue the conversation on the phone ech ken aandna hkeyett.....parfois fergha :))!!!

     
  • At 9:39 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    "....OHHH WAIT! Just got a great idea! Screw the cat, I'm thinking 3D porn!! OK, that's the first thing I'm trying! A whole new market!

    Just wait....this post is going on hold as a draft......gotta download some porn & create a test tool path now! This will be fun.

    UPDATE:
    Here we go, much better!

    Gee, I'm feeling a little....hmmm....motivated now??"

    and WTF?? : "anal retentive"?? I hope you are not stuck in the anal stage for you know the product it may produce...

    Chris whatever: who is the sexually frustrated asshole???? You better shut up!

     
  • At 10:22 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    LOL!!
    hehehe, I fully admit with clear conscious that I am in fact a "sexually frustrated asshole" sometimes. Big difference is I defile my own blog & not others! :P :D

     
  • At 11:00 AM, Blogger Luna said…

    this note is just so awesome...i guess that's a usual casen i mean guys not saying much, not paying attention after a while... and i love the way you wrote it! it's a pleasure to read you all the time!

     
  • At 11:08 AM, Anonymous AGA said…

    Alcohol, in proper dosage, makes me a better "listener". You see, after having a drink or two (or 2 1/2) I am clearly no longer "working" and cannot even pretend that I am. I also find the details of my lovely wife's daily experiences profoundly interesting. We start in the morning, and she relates what happened after I left to take the children to school. On days when she doesn't work herself, she tells me about everything she accomplished around the house or for the house and the household. Cleaning, shopping, organizing, straightening, meals, all done, well, for me. Often, pauses in this "day in the life" story are punctuated with questions for me, most frequently, "What would you do without me?" or "Tell me how this family could survive without me?" Her smile tells me that, while she's serious, she forgives me for failing to appreciate her. The conclusion to this story usually involves going over a list, item by item. The list is comprised of things that I need to do around the house; some things need to be fixed, some things need to be replaced; and some things are things that I should somehow "take care of."

    Days on which she works or volunteers her efforts are even more intriguing. Frankly, I have to admit that without her telling me her story, I would have absolutely no understanding how, for example, ordinary human interactions potentially carry significant pitfalls. Comments made about clothing, hair style, perfume, or just plain "style" could be genuinely expressed, or they could be dropped as colorfully encased bombs delivering a potentially explosive hidden meaning. For example, the comment, "I love your skirt," could mean any number of things other than the one meaning which the words would suggest to a simple "working" man. Disarming these bombs is no small task for a loving husband, whose first inclination is to treat them simply as comments and to take them at face value. Jumping to this conclusion and pointing it out right away as the most logical and reasonable interpretation is a mistake which can damage the "sharing" moment between spouses. (On the other hand, jumping to this conclusion is less devastating than saying, "who cares" even if it is the truth). The better and more productive course of action is to listen to all of the hypothetical possibilities regarding the possible interpretations. The speaker's personality, history of comment making, behavior in other settings, must all be considered in assessing whether the skirt wearer was the recipient of a compliment or the victim of a strategically placed roadside "bomb". It is only when all of these possibilities have been articulated to the listening husband and exhaustively explored by the couple together that the loving wife reaches the "conclusion" that the comment should be taken to mean what the words suggested. I use the word "conclusion" loosely, because it really is more of a "feeling" than a "conclusion."

    What perplexes me, though, is that notwithstanding these obvious benefits which flow from alcohol, my wife doesn't like it when I drink. Perhaps its because I talk instead of just listening.

     
  • At 11:45 AM, Blogger Highlander said…

    Mon Dieu Leilouta what a great comeback post - you were missed hope you had a lovely Thanksgiving !

    I liked the link :P most men are like your hubby - but the one I'm talking too nowadays actually does listen and have a conversation- and I want to thank him here for being how do we say in French ? ah Attentif ...

     
  • At 3:52 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Lol Leilouta!

    While reading that I had a strong sense of Deja vu! My hubby and I have an unspoken understanding that I am definitely the blabbermouth in the family..he hardly says anything..especially during an argument or confrontation! UUGGH! It's sooo annoying! he sent me a similar link about that and I have to admit..I think I talk about 20 times more than he does...guilty as charged!

    Keep it up!

     
  • At 5:22 PM, Anonymous Romerican said…

    Hahaha... yet another classic! That was a great build-up *and* real-life punchline.

     
  • At 3:47 AM, Blogger AmitL said…

    hahaha...this was too good.An extremely productive discussion.But,frankly, look at the other side...if he talked too much,would you like it if you were not able to have ur say?:)Cheers.

     
  • At 6:51 AM, Blogger keda said…

    ahh i like the strong silent type personally.

    though aga was rather funny :)

    and it seems your little dicky troll ain't never gonna make the grade. he can talk and talk but there's never going to be anyone listening. poor diddums.

     
  • At 7:31 AM, Blogger gatorbait said…

    Yup, oh while yer up, kin ya git me a beer? See, attentive

     
  • At 1:39 PM, Blogger bobealia said…

    You drove him to drink???

    I'm totally just kidding. You know that right?

     
  • At 1:39 PM, Blogger bobealia said…

    By the way, my husband's voice makes me sleepy.

     
  • At 2:08 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Actually someone is counting and the study cited in your post is just dead wrong. Women do NOT talk more than men despite practical examples like your own. There's a great deal of buzz about the study. Some was done in the press: http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2006/09/24/sex_on_the_brain/

    This Boston Globe article slams the work and then, when the Guardian quizzes the author on it she admits she's wrong: http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1957827,00.html

    There's another nice blog roundup of things here: http://pandagon.net/2006/09/27/one-thing-we-do-know-is-women-talk-more-than-piles-of-rocks/

    And a book on all this madness here: http://www.amazon.com/Language-Myths-Laurie-Bauer/dp/0140260234/sr=8-1/qid=1159358618/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-6281071-7419831?ie=UTF8&s=books

    Bottom-line your partner just doesn't happen to be chatty, for his own idiosyncratic reasons. It's none-to-worry as you make up for it with your witticisms. It's a good match. But don't let him get away with that crap study. He's just that way and you’re your way, just the way God intended.

     
  • At 2:10 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    The degree to which this biological and linguistic battle is also a cultural and political one is striking. Deborah Cameron, Rupert Murdoch professor of language and communication at Oxford University, is sceptical about the claim that men and women are inherently different in the way they use language, and thinks such arguments find a receptive audience because people are scared of the growing similarities between the sexes.

    "People want to believe there are clear-cut differences between men and women," she says, "because they are men and women. They don't want to think about the similarities, which outweigh the differences. The other thing they don't want to think about - which for a linguist like me is the most interesting thing - is the extent of variation within each gender group, which statistically is as great, or greater than, the variation between the two. Women are as different from each other as they are from men, and gender is about those differences, too. The way you think about yourself as a woman is not only about comparing yourself to the available men; it's about thinking about the kinds of women you are not." ~Guardian.co.uk

     
  • At 5:26 AM, Blogger Qatar Cat said…

    Beef of course, Leilouta. Ask me next time :P :P

    But OMG OMG I have exact same conversations with Mr. Cat EVERY DAY! LOL

    He usually goes for beef, though.

    :^)

     
  • At 11:24 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Anon 2:08 pm

    Women do NOT talk more than men

    Are you a woman?

     
  • At 1:29 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    lol @ you drove him to drink by bobealia :P

    I'm not sure this study is accurate Leilouta I've met my fair share or men who can't stop talking...and it was me saying 'yes' ..'no'..'ok'

    I think it's not the amount but the quality of the conversation.Bah here I'm obviously blabbering a lot and proving the study right :P

     
  • At 6:38 PM, Blogger Leilouta said…

    I know many men who talk a lot also.I might talk a little more than usual with my husband because I don't have many poeple to talk to and because I am generally kinda quiet anyway.

     
  • At 7:45 PM, Blogger SnowStarChan said…

    I've had experiences liek that with some boyfriends. Crazy I tell ya. I have this one friend, when I want to talk a lot, he barely does and when he wants to talk a lot, I barely do! It's crazy.

     
  • At 10:51 PM, Blogger gatorbait said…

    I have to talk for a living, and have been known not to shut up after work either

     
  • At 2:10 AM, Blogger Ty said…

    I love to talk, but I've been in school so long, and removed from normal life, that I don't have enough in common with most people to keep a conversation going like i used to.

     
  • At 10:12 PM, Anonymous Suz said…

    You rock Leilouta. Keep up the good work.

     
  • At 5:13 AM, Blogger Bee said…

    hehe... they actually have done that study before, i remember reading it when i did linguistics at uni... you acheive maximum talk between one and three standard drinks, more than three you generally begin to get quiet again.

    my boyfriend does the same to me, pretending he's listening when i know he's not even though he's yelling 'i am listening!'. so i start to change what i'm talking about 'work was tough today, my boss was sick... she was captured by leprechauns last night... (no response) ... they gave her a magical potion that made her sick made out of ant's eggs... (still no response)... one of the leprechauns called in sick for her this morning... YOU'RE NOT LISTENING!'

     

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