Spanish.
Posted on May 21st, 2007 by On a Limb w/ Claudia
“I can’t understand what anyone is saying,” D. said at our first break. We spent the weekend at a Spanish Intensive - all day Saturday and all day Sunday, we learned, spoke, wrote Spanish.
“Why do you think that is? You’re Spanish is really good.”
“I can understand Bill…,” he says, “and Robert, but I can’t understand anyone else. I can’t understand the other teachers either.”
“You understand the male teacher and the other male student. But you don’t understand the women?” I ask.
“I guess so,” he says.
“How is that different from any other time?” I ask.
He turns to me, his eyes squinting at the logic, and nods.
“It’s not.”
I laughed.
Filed under: Thoughts on being human....
Amazing how ‘listening skills’ translate into every language….
Sometimes I think that men are programmed to tune out anything said by a woman. I’m sure their mothers are to blame. Oh, wait. I have a son. Never mind.
Quidado.
I like it that my husband doesn’t speak spanish that way I can complain about him to my mom and he doesn’t understand.
It’s funny that P didn’t understand the women. So typical.
Pendullum - Ah, listening. I guess that’s the key, eh? I wonder why it’s easy to hear a man than a woman. Questions for the ages.
Heart in SF - You are a crack up! I heard it said that it’s a mother’s fault - but everyone blames mothers. I think it’s a mystery.
Nila - You could probably complain in English and he wouldn’t be listening!
HHAA!! Isn’t that the truth.
Hey, thanks for your comments recently. They’ve really meant a lot to me.
Really listening to women has taught me more than any amount of listening to men.
Kevin - Yes, I think it is the truth!
Moobs - That’s why you are a gem among coal and a blessing to everyone who knows you.