My gosh my husband can talk a lot. Yesterday evening he was supposed to be home from work by about 8 o’clock. It gets to be 8:30 and I’m wondering where he is so I went and looked out the door and he’s down the street talking to one of our neighbors who also happens to be an extremely talkative man.
When Chris finally came home I asked him what they’d been talking about. I guess our neighbors sons are expanding their gas station and garage. They’re going to renovate their shop, which is just a block from here and where we often get our car tuned up or fixed. Our neighbor was talking about how they need to get more body shop supplies and so on to prepare when the reno is finished. I guess they’re adding another car bay or two.
Chris was babbling so much I didn’t fully get all the information.
It just astounds me how much that man can talk though. You know, whenever we’re having a BBQ I have to remind Chris not to wander out to the front of the house. If he does he gets talking to anyone who walks by and the next thing I know we end up with burned food.
Does your spouse talk too much? Especially to the neighbors or even strangers passing by the house?
Hi Tricia, i surfed over from Heather in beautiful BC’s blog. I know that should be made into a clickable link but i dont know how! Anyhow, it was fun reading your blog.
Re the hubby talking too much….yes he does and i guess i’ll admit i’m jealous. He knows everybody in town and they all know him. He gets all the neighborhood gossip but forgets to tell me the goodies. I like to talk too but somehow just awkward and shy and dont strike up conversations easily.
Thats why i love blogs; i can 2 finger type talk.
Also, and maybe this is worse but people always remember him and they remember his name. Me, no. My name, no. After 15 yrs my Dr. still calls me Elaine.
If i don’t say hi when i see a neighbor at the store they’ll just keep on walking. If i say hi then i have to explain who i am, which is depreciating, especially if as a last resort i have to say “i’m Bobs wife” It makes me feel such a loser especially when i know its going to happen and i have to make a choice – acknowledge the neighbor or walk on by.
It happened even years ago and i remember once saying hi to the lady who lived across the street. I had recently gone to her baby shower but now she didn’t know me. So i said i was “Lorraina the twins mom, across the street in the white house, black shutters” (its actually not directly across, just one house off, like kitty-corner)
She got all confused and says “no, Joan lives across the street from me”
So i says “i’m the one with the wayward car and the black doberman; i came to your shower, how is the baby btw?”( i think i actually called the baby by his name)
She almost turned and ran away. Maybe she thought i was a kidnapper or something. I realize now i should have said “i’m Bobs wife”
Also, and i find this one really funny. I’ve been buying my sushi at the same place once a week for about 20 yrs and its still the same couple running the store. I ask for California roll, cut in 10 pieces please. Every time. I have to say that every single time and they act like its a rare and strange special order.
Now, Bob goes uptown more than me now-a-days and he gets the sushi for me. After the very first time he bought it they’ve remembered him and what he wants. When they see him coming they ring up the order for him and they actually say the order back to him before he even has to order it. Like so small town friendly-ish.
Well, i don’t know if this has anything to do with him being a talker or not. I’m friendly and helpful and cheerful all the time. I just maybe don’t talk as much as he does. But then nobody seems to want to hear me talk or care about what i have to say.
Some people just have it, others don’t. I never have but i want it.
You are lucky!!! Men in the US are not talkative at all. They are THINKERS! Women talk. As usually, there are exceptions. My own husband is an exception. He is a psychologist. He talks. But, in general, here in America, men are known to be NON-Talkers.
It is good for your health to be a talker. Talk yourself and appreciate your spouse for this wonderful feature of being able to talk freely. It is not that common at all.