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Joe and Newleaf, thanks for your male perspectives on the conversational space thing. Yup, I think us ladies have noticed that you have no trouble shutting out and it drives us NUTS just so you know!

More seriously though, I was always so touched when my H showed me that he truly heard something I said. Like even just the other day, he asked me about something that I said when we met up a month ago. To my mind it was just a passing comment that I didn't even think he picked up. It was just a small thing, but it caught me by surprise when he brought it up again on Sunday - reminded me of that nice quality of his. Actually, I think he's a better listener than I am.

Maybe you fellas need to give yourselves more credit? If only you could look like you were listening then we might not go so crazy at you! (Although now I've read HTIYMWTAI and understand that the looking away thing runs a litter deeper...)