Hello Everyone,
I'm relatively new here, but I wanted to tell you about a situation that I found particularly funny.... perhaps I shouldn't, but I did.
My husband (who hears perfectly well) and I are renting out a room to a friend who is down on his luck. He gives up a few dollars a week, and we give him a roof over his head- so far it has worked will for everyone involved.
Our friend has a habit of telling long involved stories that might or might not have a point to them, and he also has a habit of walking or turning away during portions of the story, making understanding him extremely frustrating to say the least.
So one day, he was going into one of his stories while I was doing dishes. So, I stopped what I was doing, and looked up to follow the conversation. Sure enough, in a few minutes he started to walk away and go behind a nearby door. So, I went over to him, tapped him on the shoulder and explained that I needed to see his face to understand what was being said. He apologized, but a few minutes later did the same thing over again. Once again I asked him to face me, etc. The whole scenario repeated itself about three times.
Well, unbeknownst to me, my husband was watching the whole thing and was getting more irritated with our friend. At the last time our friend turned away from me, he came over and grabbed him by the shoulders and spun him around. In a gruff voice my husband (6'2" 300 pounds mostly muscle-but a teddy bear at heart) told our friend that "he had better start treating his wife with some respect and talk to her face like he was asked to." and forcefully sat our friend down in front of me at the kitchen table.
Now, when our friend tries to talk to me he takes a deep breath squares his shoulders, leans in, and look DIRECTLY at me while he was talking. I have no illusion that this will be maintained, but it is funny to see someone make such a concentrated effort, and reassuring to know that my hearing hubby has got my back.
Hope you're all having a good day!
Laura
I'm relatively new here, but I wanted to tell you about a situation that I found particularly funny.... perhaps I shouldn't, but I did.
My husband (who hears perfectly well) and I are renting out a room to a friend who is down on his luck. He gives up a few dollars a week, and we give him a roof over his head- so far it has worked will for everyone involved.
Our friend has a habit of telling long involved stories that might or might not have a point to them, and he also has a habit of walking or turning away during portions of the story, making understanding him extremely frustrating to say the least.
So one day, he was going into one of his stories while I was doing dishes. So, I stopped what I was doing, and looked up to follow the conversation. Sure enough, in a few minutes he started to walk away and go behind a nearby door. So, I went over to him, tapped him on the shoulder and explained that I needed to see his face to understand what was being said. He apologized, but a few minutes later did the same thing over again. Once again I asked him to face me, etc. The whole scenario repeated itself about three times.
Well, unbeknownst to me, my husband was watching the whole thing and was getting more irritated with our friend. At the last time our friend turned away from me, he came over and grabbed him by the shoulders and spun him around. In a gruff voice my husband (6'2" 300 pounds mostly muscle-but a teddy bear at heart) told our friend that "he had better start treating his wife with some respect and talk to her face like he was asked to." and forcefully sat our friend down in front of me at the kitchen table.
Now, when our friend tries to talk to me he takes a deep breath squares his shoulders, leans in, and look DIRECTLY at me while he was talking. I have no illusion that this will be maintained, but it is funny to see someone make such a concentrated effort, and reassuring to know that my hearing hubby has got my back.
Hope you're all having a good day!
Laura