You know when you are thinking thoughts right at someones face?!
Question: They are standing there going on about whatever and the whole time you are thinking about their breath, or their eyelashes or you wonder if this person is really hygienic, or about the shopping you have to do later, or about the car accident you just saw or, in rare instances, about how much you dislike that person and wish they would just release you so you can get along and do the tasks you have assigned yourself for the day.
And all that time, you are listening and nodding and saying things like, "Oh, I know" and "That is so true" and it's not even that you aren't paying attention to them, it's just that your mind is escaping even if you can't and you start going over the details of your last vacuuming experience in your head, anything, anything just to relieve the tedium of conversing with this person?
You know about that?
Answers: They are standing there going on about whatever and the whole time you are thinking about their breath, or their eyelashes or you wonder if this person is really hygienic, or about the shopping you have to do later, or about the car accident you just saw or, in rare instances, about how much you dislike that person and wish they would just release you so you can get along and do the tasks you have assigned yourself for the day.
And all that time, you are listening and nodding and saying things like, "Oh, I know" and "That is so true" and it's not even that you aren't paying attention to them, it's just that your mind is escaping even if you can't and you start going over the details of your last vacuuming experience in your head, anything, anything just to relieve the tedium of conversing with this person?
You know about that?
Somebody is REALLY on your nerves today?
Disagree with everything they say, no matter how ludicrous your disagreement is. It'll make things much more interesting.
As an extra challenge, try and do so without calling them a liar.
lol I think everyone does.
Nice explanation by the way
Yes! That happens with my mom. She just keeps talking and I'll just keep saying okay but I'll be thinking anything else. I want to listen but it's so hard.
Haha ... i always do that ... not purposly ... but my mind kinda drifts wherever when listening to boring/tedious conversation! and i always look at them thinking why are you telling me this! haha i know its so rude but its unpreventable!
dont worry you not the only one ;)
Lol.....I know precisely what you mean!
"Morning, Bill, how was your weekend?"
[Damn, it's the Monday checklist where she pretends to care about me as a person] "It has its moments, and yours?"
"Great! I did blablablabla..."
[If there were a God, you'd throw a clot right now that would leave you alive and totally paralyze your speech center] Nodding mutely...
YES! ABSOLUTELY!
I do this constantly! Someone will be talking about something like politics to me that i REALLY dont want to hear about and ill start thinking...
"woo, have you ever heard of tic tacs?"
or " man! i wonder where she got her earrings..."
but most of the time im like
"This person is absolutely, positively crazy."
I THINK EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT YOU MEAN! lol
Hm? Oh sorry, must not have been listening. What were you saying again?
yes, and i do it too, but maybe not as politely as you seem to do it