I can relate!!
Irrigation and the yard/landscaping. I’ll go on for ten minutes before I realize she’s not listening.
Substitute that with... Anything... For my wife.Irrigation and the yard/landscaping. I’ll go on for ten minutes before I realize she’s not listening.
She’ll say something complimentary like, “the yard looks nice,” you know, just to acknowledge the effort, and I’ll start in with “yeah, I might be over watering. It’s just been sooooooo dry. I noticed some mushrooms and I’m concerned about fungus. I’ll probably do some nitrogen fertilizer treatments soon to keep it nice and greened up… What do you think about adding some low juniper in front of the Pygmy palms to balance out the front of the house? ” It’s like I can’t read the “uh huh” and walking away social cues from her when it comes to the yard …Substitute that with... Anything... For my wife.Irrigation and the yard/landscaping. I’ll go on for ten minutes before I realize she’s not listening.

i wish my wife would get the hint when I give her the not listening cuesShe’ll say something complimentary like, “the yard looks nice,” you know, just to acknowledge the effort, and I’ll start in with “yeah, I might be over watering. It’s just been sooooooo dry. I noticed some mushrooms and I’m concerned about fungus. I’ll probably do some nitrogen fertilizer treatments soon to keep it nice and greened up… What do you think about adding some low juniper in front of the Pygmy palms to balance out the front of the house? ” It’s like I can’t read the “uh huh” and walking away social cues from her when it comes to the yard …Substitute that with... Anything... For my wife.Irrigation and the yard/landscaping. I’ll go on for ten minutes before I realize she’s not listening.![]()
The sad thing is how often these days you can't tell just from reading something.
I didn't know you were married to Muleshoe.
I hope to be going there on vacation in a little over a month. In west Texas we pass a sign with my wife's name, i highly doubt she would ever consider taking a funny picture underneath the sign.
It's evolution, baby.