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Are you interested when DH talks about work?
That is all my DH has been talking about as of late. It is driving me nuts. I try to be nice and be interested, but it's like constant. I have had to ask him to talk about something else. before because he doesn't know when to stop.
The thing is, he is incredibly detailed about things also. The field he is in is super boring for me to begin with, but I feel bad sometimes that I don't ask a lot of questions or whatever.
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Re: Are you interested when DH talks about work?
About half the time. The clients can be kind of funny, so those stories are cool.
The rest of the time, he's either long winded (I tell him to cut to the chase) or just b*tching about his job. Since the complaints have been exactly the same for more than 5 years, I generally ignore it or tell him that's his job, and that's why they call it work.
DS - December 2006
DD - December 2008
Since I work for his company, I sort of *have* to be interested. LOL
But yes, I do find most of it interesting. If I didn't, I don't think I could work there. And most of what we talk about is people-related, not actual work-related. ?
Not at all. I zone out.
I get particularly annoyed when he tosses out things like "At coffee time...." and this week when he told me how they all sat outside to have lunch.
I don't eat all day because my oldest pitches a fit when I do. I can barely walk because of my hip problem. The last thing I want to hear is about his lunch in the sun and his coffee break.
He also talks about people like I know them...."Dan went to the White Mountains this weekend...." Who the hell is Dan and why do I care where he went this weekend??
I don't even pretend to be interested.
I assume this is an exaggeration and you don't really let your 2 year old (any year old!) dictate if/when you can eat?
No, it's the truth. My tactic used to be to put her in the car and have her sleep while I ate in the car. But, she's outgrown the car lulling her to sleep and it doesn't work anymore.
If I try to eat while she eats, she throws her food on the floor and screams for my food. If I try to eat while she's playing, she's on me in 30 seconds, grabbing and pulling at me and saying "Mama, share. Share".
Yesterday, I tried to eat Goldfish with her. Gave her a little dish with hers and kept the bag for myself. She threw her bowl on the floor and grabbed for the bag over and over.
I have to physically leave the room and be out of her sight to eat. This works while DH is home, but leaving her and her 11mo old sister alone while I eat isn't a great idea. I'd also rather not shove food in my mouth in record time because it'll just come back up.
It's funny because my babysitter says she does the same thing to her. This woman ran a daycare for 20yrs and she's always telling me how my oldest leaves her starving because eating with her in the house is impossible.
Not sure if I should feel better that it's not just me! She's not going to be a fun date when she's older!
Can you just put her in her room and tell her when she's ready to be polite she can come back out? You're the boss!
I know I probably sound like supernanny.
But seriously! I don't think it's good for her to hae a fake sense of power. Because it is fake. She's not even two.
I'm sure it's easier said than done!