Ok, long story short -
my husband is a dentist but he is really interested in the brain and consciousness and dreams, so he reads a lot of books about it.
I used to love listening to him talk about his interests, but now I’m starting to lose my mind every time it comes up. He will talk AT me for 1-2 hours about what he just read about the brain, or about his dream and dissect what each aspect of his dream means. I try to engage but I have ADHD and when I get bored I zone out, I usually catch myself doing it but if I don’t he gets upset with me.
last night over dinner he spoke for 1 hour about the different parts of the brain and when I thought he was done (he hadn’t spoke for a couple minutes) I picked up my book because I wanted to finish my chapter. And he got upset with me because it seemed like I didn’t care and couldn’t wait to just get back to reading my book
which , to be honest, was true, and I really couldn’t wait to read my book
but I am trying to engage even though it bores the life out of me.. and I asked for some slack since I’d listened for over an hour..
am I being a terrible wife for feeling this way? I know I should be interested in his interests but I’m just not and I feel bad about it