"I said, do you want more salad??"

[Lou Tencodpees]

Which is starting to sound like "I thed, do you want more thlad??" when my wife speaks.
I've teased her about it, but then I thought about over-using a de-esser plug-in in Pro Tools and how it can quickly change those sibilant esses into "th".

So, she's either developed a lisp, is gaslighting me or my 5-7 Khz hearing range is quickly thtarting to fade, lol. Between established hearing loss and tinnitus, I'm betting its the latter.

 

[Vegetable Man]

Maybe she's practicing her Daffy Duck impression?

 

[boris bubbanov]

Lou, why do you insist on getting older like this?

Don't you realize, that means the rest of us are that much older as well!

:^)

 

[Toto'sDad]

I'm betting you can't hear very good, and your attention span doesn't span. My wife says something from a long ways off and I nearly always reply, I didn't hear you. She then says, you can't hear, and you definitely don't pay nearly enough attention. I stiffen up, and reply, yes dear. SHE can hear that just fine.

 

[ISmellSmoke]

Would be so epic if she was doing this just to mess with you - I'll bet you'd fall in love with her all over again, ha !

Actually giving me ideas - I think I'm going to try thith with thom of my friendth...

 

[39martind18]

Lou, why do you insist on getting older like this?

Don't you realize, that means the rest of us are that much older as well!

:^)

I like getting older- the alternative is you're dead!

 

[fenderchamp]

Great post, many layers of possibility are exposed.

Either way, whether it's her speaking or your hearing, I'm glad I'm not your wife.

A friend of mine, was complaining about a friend of his refusing to wear his hearing aids.

He found it to be a sign of his friend's lack of commitment to actually trying to communicate with him.


"Too old to rock-n-roll, too young to die"

 

[hawk620]

I like getting older- the alternative is you're dead!

When choice #1 isn't great but #2 is a whole lot worse.

 

[Sparky2]

Maybe she just ate some peanut brittle.

The simplest explanation is usually the right one.

 

[telleutelleme]

"Thay what?"- Sort of an elderly short hand.

 

[prairietelecaster]

Thuffering Thuccotash!

 

[yegbert]

And that’s when the problems started…

 

[Knows3Chords]

I don't think it's a problem until your wife starts sounding like this to you.

 

[sadfield]

 

[schmee]

Keep tabs on where she goes! She might be visiting Mike Tyson on the side!

 

[Lou Tencodpees]

At first I thought she was goofing on an old quote that became immortalized in our household. Back when the kids were little they were fussing about bedtime. My wife had recently been given a retainer to use at night and was frustrated with all the racket the kids were making. She ran into their room and yelled "I thed go to thleep!!" We all started cracking up and it became an often cited quote, mostly by my wife who has a great sense of humor.

But in this case I'm pretty sure its my ears, not her articulation.

I think.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

I'm betting you can't hear very good, and your attention span doesn't span. My wife says something from a long ways off and I nearly always reply, I didn't hear you. She then says, you can't hear, and you definitely don't pay nearly enough attention. I stiffen up, and reply, yes dear. SHE can hear that just fine.

When I was a kid, everyone in the house talked to each other from other rooms. Doesn't work well. So as I grownup, I try be in the same room, facing the person I'm talking to.

It reduces confusion.

 

[Lou Tencodpees]

I try be in the same room, facing the person I'm talking to.

I think spouses, even ones fully aware of the other's hearing loss, can still get irked and think its selective hearing, lol.

I'm sure hearing aids are in my future, but I first have to check-off a number of other health related items. The list grows longer every year and the calendar gets crowded with doctor appointments.

 

[memorex]

My wife's always telling me not to yell at her. But that's usually after the third time I've had to repeat myself in a progressively louder voice. When she talks in a voice too soft for me to hear, I yell back, "I can't hear you. I'm in the bathroom."

 

[Knows3Chords]

My wife is 5 foot nothing but she's got some lungs.