A man feared his wife was not hearing as well as she used to, and he thought she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called the family doctor to discuss the problem.
The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could perform to give the doctor a better idea about her hearing loss. 'Here's what you do,' said the doctor. 'Stand about 40 feet away from her and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not, go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response.'
That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the den. He says to himself, 'I'm about 40 feet away. Let's see what happens.' In a normal tone he asks, 'Honey, what's for dinner?'
No response.
So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife, and repeats, 'Honey, what's for dinner?'
Still no response.
Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife and asks, 'Honey, What's for dinner?'
Again, no response.
So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. 'Honey, What's for dinner?'
Again, there is no response.
So he walks right up behind her. 'Honey, what's for dinner?'
'Earl, for the 5th time, CHICKEN!'
Do you sometimes blame your spouse for things that you really are partially responsible for?
How is your communication? Do you tend to under communicate about things?
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I think my initial reaction is to blame my spouse for certain things, but then I normally try to step back and try to see what the real issue is, and sometimes it truly IS him, but most of the times it's me or some underlying circumstance that needs to be addressed.
By the way, for anyone from last night who is reading this, Chris wants to make sure that you guys know that he's not a perfect husband. And, despite my ebullience last night, I agree!
I think that most of the time both people are to blame to some extent.
It is always good to try to own the part that we are responsible for in order to reconcile.
And yes, we all agree.
CHRIS IS NOT PERFECT!
But we are thankful when he offers a positive example that can sharpen us all.
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