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I do pause, and he generally will see that as the sign in the conversation to say, "Okay." I can generally tell that he's not listening, though I can't always tell. A lot of the conversations we have are about managing the house and kids: not exactly meaningful but it generally affects him and...

My partner has had significant, bilateral hearing loss since childhood. He did not learn ASL. He wears hearing aids, but his whole life has struggled to hear others. Well before he met me, he developed a habit of pretending to listen to people when he couldn't hear people. He does this to me...