Selective listening, when it occurs all the time, is an insult. It is telling your spouse that they aren’t worthy of your attention. That you have no interest in their news, their problems, their ideas because they are trivial and boring. You are telling your spouse that they are just the housekeeper and child-minder and you have much more important things to do with your time.
Selective listening, when it occurs all the time, is an insult. It is telling your spouse that they aren’t worthy of your attention. That you have no interest in their news, their problems, their ideas because they are trivial and boring. You are telling your spouse that they are just the housekeeper and child-minder and you have much more important things to do with your time.