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<blockquote data-quote="trinityroyal" data-source="post: 119321" data-attributes="member: 3907"><p>That attending to conversations thing can be a real killer. No matter how hard I try, about midway through a conversation I will wander off into the back of my head and start rummaging around...then I miss at least half of what was being said.</p><p></p><p>When I was younger I developed a knack for keeping an attentive, bright-eyed look on my face the whole time I was doing this. Which sometimes resulted in my bluffing my way through the rest of the conversation (and sometimes resulted in my getting saddled with huge, demanding projects because of smiling, nodding and saying "of course" at the wrong moment) Now, I've learned just to admit it. </p><p></p><p>And the fidgets...I spend a lot of energy suppressing them when I'm out at work, so by the time I get home I'm all pent up and poor husband has to suffer through me hopping around the house like a bunny. He's the stillest man on the planet, so having me jump two-footed around the kitchen while I make dinner, or tap him gently on the chest with the sleeves of my too-long sweater...well, the dear man has the patience of a saint.</p><p></p><p>I think the blessing in all this is that since I know what it feels like inside, sometimes I can help difficult child when he's struggling, just by putting words to the all-singing-all-dancing-fireworks show that's going on in his head.</p><p></p><p>Sigh.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trinityroyal, post: 119321, member: 3907"] That attending to conversations thing can be a real killer. No matter how hard I try, about midway through a conversation I will wander off into the back of my head and start rummaging around...then I miss at least half of what was being said. When I was younger I developed a knack for keeping an attentive, bright-eyed look on my face the whole time I was doing this. Which sometimes resulted in my bluffing my way through the rest of the conversation (and sometimes resulted in my getting saddled with huge, demanding projects because of smiling, nodding and saying "of course" at the wrong moment) Now, I've learned just to admit it. And the fidgets...I spend a lot of energy suppressing them when I'm out at work, so by the time I get home I'm all pent up and poor husband has to suffer through me hopping around the house like a bunny. He's the stillest man on the planet, so having me jump two-footed around the kitchen while I make dinner, or tap him gently on the chest with the sleeves of my too-long sweater...well, the dear man has the patience of a saint. I think the blessing in all this is that since I know what it feels like inside, sometimes I can help difficult child when he's struggling, just by putting words to the all-singing-all-dancing-fireworks show that's going on in his head. Sigh. [/QUOTE]
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