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I used to get upset at communication problems. Sometimes hubby just plain doesn't listen, or doesn't understand. Sometimes wires get crossed. I've gotten used to asking him a question, hearing him answer a completely different question, and then clarifying it only to have him insist he already answered me. Oh, how that used to frustrate me.
So today, the house is being painted.
As the windows and glass doors were coated in plastic sheeting, and we could hear them working, I asked hubby how long it takes paint to dry. He has more experience with these things than I do.
Hubby answered, "They're painting the trim now. After that they'll pull down the plastic sheeting, and that'll be it."
I responded, "So the answer to the question is.....?"
His reply, "I believe I just answered it."
Note: I did not ask him how long he supposed the painters would be here. I asked how long it takes paint to dry. Even after I clarified that, he still believed he had answered me, and told me nothing else. I suppose he expected me to deduce the answer from the information he had given.
Instead of gettting frustrated, after he left for work, I simply googled it. For the paint they're using, the answer is four hours.
The conversation could have gone:
"How long does it take paint to dry?"
"Four hours, for that kind."
"Oh, OK. Thank you."
There was a time in our marriage where this would have led to a very uncomfortable argument. Didn't this time.
So today, the house is being painted.
As the windows and glass doors were coated in plastic sheeting, and we could hear them working, I asked hubby how long it takes paint to dry. He has more experience with these things than I do.
Hubby answered, "They're painting the trim now. After that they'll pull down the plastic sheeting, and that'll be it."
I responded, "So the answer to the question is.....?"
His reply, "I believe I just answered it."
Note: I did not ask him how long he supposed the painters would be here. I asked how long it takes paint to dry. Even after I clarified that, he still believed he had answered me, and told me nothing else. I suppose he expected me to deduce the answer from the information he had given.
Instead of gettting frustrated, after he left for work, I simply googled it. For the paint they're using, the answer is four hours.
The conversation could have gone:
"How long does it take paint to dry?"
"Four hours, for that kind."
"Oh, OK. Thank you."
There was a time in our marriage where this would have led to a very uncomfortable argument. Didn't this time.
