How would you deal with someone who routinely ignores you, tunes you out, disregards what's important to you (because it's unimportant to him)?
I'm well-aware that all of us have much too much on on plates (and minds), and I don't expect people to hang onto my every word or deed, but it is so hurtful to me when things I say are clearly tuned out. I stop speaking mid-sentence to see if he's really listening; he has never, ever noticed.
Yes, I've tried many, many times to sensitize him by telling him how hurtful it is to me. He apologizes -- genuinely seems contrite -- but unfailingly repeats the insulting, demeaning behavior.
I'm sick of the I'm-sorries, sick from being ignored, and just don't know what to do.
2006-08-31
04:57:28
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Marriage & Divorce