Do you ever feel like they're not listening?

omg its so annoying right? We have a great relationship but at times when im talking i watch him paying attention to the TV more then me. It pisses me off. When he has a bad day or wants to vent im all ears to him. But i just think thats the difference between men and women. Women are just more carrying and nurturing. Now if my man was more carrying and nurturing i think it would bug me to see him being too sensitive and id think im more of with a woman then a man. I can talk to him but ive realized thats why we have girl friends. There better listeners and give great advice.

My husband and I have a bit of a problem sorta related. If we start a conversation with him looking at me it works just fine. But if he is doing something and I talk to him it doesn't work at all. He is so focused on what he is doing that he doesn't hear me. What is worse, sometimes he even answers questions and doesn't even realize it! This causes issues when he addresses half of what I say and not the other half. The example: The other day we were at his parents house. I wanted to look at the new clothes they bought our baby (due in June). He was bored and picked up a book and started reading. I was done and ready to go so I asked, "Are we going to go sometime soon or are you planning on reading that whole book?" He said, "I would really like to read this book." Well, I got annoyed 40 minutes later and when he finally realized it we left. He doesn't remember me asking the question or him answering the way he did!

My boyfriend is like that too. Whenever I'm saying something it seems that he is not listening but he claimed that he actually is. He just said that unlike me he doesn't have to look at someone's eyes or face to indicate that he is listening. Whenever I asked him what am I talking about to test if he is listening he will come up with the correct words I've just said. I'm used to it now, before it does hurt me too.

Depends on who it is and how I am talking. If it is a child or teen they may not be unless I come down to their level and talk to them at their stage or age. If it is an adult/man I would ask some questions about what I am talking about. Like I am attempting to get them into the conversation and she how they respond. Or just blaintantly ask them to repeat what I just said. That will pretty much tell me.

Yes I had a girlfriend who I would call every night and every night we would quarell over that very same thing.She would ask me to repeat every other word and I felt like she wasnt listening to me even though she claimed that she was.I dont feel like people have to look at me to be listeneing.

The indicatores are exactly those that your boyfriend used that night when you were talking to hiim, lack of attention or distracted behaviour, to me that´s the rudest thing a boyfriend, partner or spouse can do to you, specially because it´s coming from someone who supposedly respects you and cares about you, coming from a stranger I wouldn´t give it to much of importance but if it comes from a loved one that´s just unacceptable, you need to let him know how much this bothered you and that it was very disrespectful, if you don´t do it he will asume that you were ok with this and will do it again, I´m not trying to put things in you head but when we don´t take care of this kind of situation as soon as they occur, things may worsen.

I feel pretty ignored often. It's not just my romantic partner, but I do give them credit I feel they listen to me more than other's do but I feel like I talk and talk and talk and that I'd be better off talking to a brick wall. I feel like I'd get a better response and at least I know that it has no choice but to listen to me. I've gotten pretty used to it so it just comes to the point where I don't talk to people much unless provoked. I'd rather save my breath instead of having to deal with people always asking me what I said or not really hearing me at all.

In my travels I find men are good at not listening, but I have to confess I have been caught a few times, turns out I'm real good at tuning people out, but there has been a couple times I've asked a question and hubby will say, you weren't listening where you? At that point I will fess up, No Not So Much. I think we tend to all be tared with the same brush, we hear what we want to. Hubby paid 65.00 for a hearing test and when he came home, he said well they told me my hearing was not all that bad, I said, "What?" He repeated the sentence and again I said, "Pardon me?" Then I was quick to remind him I thought he had selective hearing, he hears what he wants to. That kind of shut off that discussion.

I have been it, my friends also have the same attitude. They are not listening when they find my problem, i guess they find it very boring I am not sure but for me they are being mean. You know, i choose them to talk with but then they don't seem to listen. I don't understand.

I have friends like that and I don't understand why they are like that but they are.. You can say something to them and they come back with something totally different.. It drives me crazy.. In his favor, he may have had something on his mind and been very preoccupied..

well yes there were times I noticed am not being listened to when am talking to somebody and one indicator is that they are not looking at me when I talked or they were pretty much pre-occupied w/ something else while I was talking to them. If it's really something important I would call theit attention but if not then I just ignore it.

After more than 8 years together my guy rarely listens to me. Just the other night I told him I could hold a more intelligent conversation with a tree. LOL Its reached the point where if its really important I have to make sure he is paying attention and then have him repeat what I've said. Even important things he has to do or remember he tunes out. Its beyond frustrating, so I know how you feel.

I don't like the person who takes earphone when talking to others. recently my mom begin to enjoy listening music ,she wears earphones a whole day,no matter when she is reading ,or cooking, I have to talk with her in very loud voice , I hope she can get off the earphones, but it's no use complaining about this, she enjoys so much and feels very happy everyday.