I pit people that just don't listen.

The BBQ Pit
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If I have to repeat something I told you before once, then fine. Twice, I’ll give you the benefit of doubt. Any more than that, it’s clear to me you’re not listening and I’m going to get perturbed. If you don’t like it, tough shit. You should have listened.

I love my parents, but they are the worst with this. I have to repeat everything that I tell them an average of six times over (not a joke, I actually counted and did the math once). They try to blame it on their age but I’ve been having this problem with them since birth, which includes plenty of time when they were sharp as ever. They only ever pull the “I’m old” excuse in moments when it’s convenient for them. They’re sharp as ever when it comes to anything else, but I mention that this is the sixth time that I’ve told them something and suddenly they’re way too senile for anything.

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Then don’t talk to them, bitch.

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You should stop talking to them Jesse Pinkman.

Yeah, silence bitch!

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That doesn’t work with my parents. Otherwise, you have a point.

I actually brought it up to them once that the fact that I have to repeat everything I tell them is making me not want to talk to them. They proceeded to scream at me for ten minutes like I’m the asshole for bringing it up.

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Breaking joke aside. Do you have to repeat what you’re saying immediately or do they just zone out and a little later you have to explain the same thing.

Because I have hearing issues and sometimes I have to actually look at somebody’s lips to understand what they’re saying because my horrible hearing and their horrible diction keeps the message from getting through.

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Six Goo goo gagas and they still don’t get it? I’m shocked.

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Both.

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My parents do the same thing. It’s not that they can’t hear or remember, it’s that some parents don’t take what their kids say to be of any importance.

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That’s what I’ve always figured, which is total crap because they always rant and rave about how I’m “smarter” and “brighter” than they are. Then why don’t they show me that they feel that way and listen to what I have to say?

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Maybe you talk too much and they just zone out.

What does my son say? “YANH YANH YANH YANH YANH…”

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Maybe you aren’t talking about anything that interests them.

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That’s definitely not the case. This usually happens with the answers to questions that they asked me. I find myself perturbed once they’re asking me the same question for the sixth time, and I’ve provided the same clear, concise answer every time.

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What did you say? Huh? What?

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Maybe they’re just not all that into you.

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not quite sure I get the OP, could you restate it?

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He’s upset that his girlfriend won’t have sex with him… or something like that.

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Whenever they ask you a question, write the answer down and safety-pin it to their shirt.

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I tried writing it down once after they asked a question for the eighth time that day. They screamed bloody murder at me for being a “smartass.”

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Seriously? Stop dealing with people who won’t give you that basic level of respect by listening to what you say.

Years ago I had a ‘friend’. Note the past tense. Was frustrated for years that he didn’t seem to listen to me. Then two things happened and the light finally went on and I dumped the motherfucker as a friend. (What can I say, I’m a slow learner sometimes);

1> I wasn’t invited to another friend’s party. She invited half the world but not me. I get why now, but at the time… Anyway, Bruce (his real name) came over and asked me if I was going. I said it was the first I’d heard of it, I hadn’t been invited. He prattles on about it for a half hour. Yeah, thanks, I’m not invited. After the party, he comes over and asks me why I wasn’t there. I (again) tell him I wasn’t invited. He goes on and on about how much fun it was and how he doesn’t understand why I wasn’t there. I probably told him that I wasn’t invited a half-dozen times, and it didn’t sink in. Severely pissed me off.

2> On another occasion, he starts talking about something. Prattles on and on, oblivious to anything I say, and even just talking right over the top of me. Then the most spectacularly stupid thing happens that made me question his intelligence and sanity. He gets up, still talking, and walks upstairs to the bathroom. I can hear him talking the entire way, but of course, I can’t hear what he’s saying. He keeps talking the entire time he’s in the can, and then the entire time walking back downstairs. He sits down, concludes what he’s on about, and says “but you know what I’m saying” :smack:

Between these and other issues I’d been having with the man, I ended our friendship. The most frightening part of the equation was that after years of trying and multiple miscarriages, he and his wife were having a child - and he was going to be the stay at home dad, taking care of that child. :eek:

Oh yeah, didn’t help that he went over to my fiance’s house after I ended our friendship and spent 45 minutes trying to talk her out of marrying me. All the while professing that he missed our friendship and wanted to reconcile with me. (Yeah, great way to ensure that never happens!)

Of course, I never should have married her in the first place, but that’s another tale.

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These are my parents though, I should just cut off contact with them over this?