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forwardslash · 4413 days ago · link · · parent · post: Lil's Book of Questions: Did You Hear What I Said?
My wife has this thing where she will say one thing and mean the opposite, such as, "I want you to turn left" when she means right. To compensate for this we've developed a habit of pointing so that there is no ambiguity. Also, one of the things we learned at premarital counseling as well was that we shouldn't be afraid to ask each other things more than once.
Good point. Whenever someone says "How many times do I have to tell you?" or "I've told you this three times." -- it is certain to make everything worse. Clearly if you had to tell me three times, you don't have my attention, you are not saying it in a way I understand, or maybe I can't learn and remember the way you are telling. Perhaps I'll write more on that sometime. thx