“Ignoring is not an option!”

How many of us girls pour our hearts out to our blokes about all manner of things and get a “yes, dear” kind of response?

I mean, I’m currently driving a car where the dashboard lights are not working at night time and the airconditioner has stopped running and I think it may just be a fuse. But where are the fuses in the car and what do I do to replace them? My husband is a mechanic! I’ve been asking him
to take a look at it for SIX MONTHS!

Now that it is heating up I think I’ll be able to get his attention because when it is the hottest day I’m going to take his nice airconditioned vehicle and leave him with mine. Perhaps a little suffering will be a motivating influence.

Further, what about general day-to-day arrangements? How many times have I given my husband the full story about an event or my need to be somewhere else, only to arrive at the moment of departure and be told, “you never told me about this”.

I think if I hear that statement again I’ll burst a valve because if I share the information in a fully detailed way I am accused of “over-telling”. You know, repeating myself on a daily basis leading up to the event.

Sometimes I think that women earn the tag “nags” because men don’t really listen and cannot accept that ignoring is not an option!

Men, if you choose to ignore the women in your world do so at your own peril, because as hard as the pill may be to swallow, women do have a lot of intuitive wisdom to share with their partners.

And just because you want to play ostrich, doesn’t mean you won’t get a swift kick up the offending butt!

And by the way, girls, it cuts both ways. Ignore a man and his needs and be prepared for a storm!

PS My husband is actually pretty good at listening to me when I am in emotional distress – it’s more the practical things he has chosen to get deaf ears to!