My husband loves talking about his job. I have spent hours upon hours listening to him talking about it. He is a tax person so many of the topics he speaks about are related to specific pieces of legislation. I have been rather patient over the years . Sometimes he will speak without taking a pause for 30 minutes while I nod and listen. This evening we sit down for a supper I had prepared and he begins telling me about something in the budget about tax on holiday lettings. I finished my supper and he was still talking. I can contribute nothing to this as there is such a level of detail that I have not got a clue what he is on about. I am back at work and had been out on some client meetings today. This was important to me as I have only just gone back to work and had been nervous/ getting back into the swing of things. I was feeling a bit narked, because if he had been on a trip I would have asked him how it had gone. But no. Nothing.
I started to display my lack of interest on my face when he was telling me about one of these tax conundrums. He asked me 'Am I boring you?' and I replied. 'Yes, you are.'
He has gone to bed early. Am I complete bitch? I appreciate that as partners we share and seek to be supportive. But I'm frankly sick of listening the the minutiae of tax legislation. I have shown an interest in the past, but I find it very boring and also I feel there is a lack of repricocity( sp?) on his part.