To get the rage when people repeat half a sentence?

[NoCapes]

You know when somebody says something to you, you don't hear them so they repeat a selection of words from the sentence that make no sense alone?

Example -
DP - have gone to Harry Potter world this weekend?
Me - sorry what?
DP - Harry Potter World?
Me -

Why would saying Harry Potter World at me make sense in any possible way?
If I didn't hear you I didn't hear the whole thing, therefore you have to repeat the whole thing!

He does this a lot, so does my stepfather, it is really really annoying

If you do this - why? Just why?

I have a hearing impairment and YANBU OP it drives me nuts too, no one ever repeats the bit you didn't hear.

I picked up a leaflet at the audiology clinic last week which had some tips in it. It recommended repeating back what think you heard so that the person know what to repeat.

What I hate is when people repeat the last part of what someone with them has just said. You see this a lot in property programmes and the like. I wonder what it is called but it goes like this:

Woman: "We want a house that is semi rural, so not in a town but not in the middle of nowhere."

Man: "Not in the middle of nowhere."

or

Man: "The location was great but the house just needed too much work."

Woman: "Needed too much work."

It drives me absolutely BATTY!!! Why do they do this? I would have to KILL a partner who did that to me.

I'm partially deaf and unless people are looking at me, I can't often follow what they say. My OWN family persist in talking to me whilst facing away from me, or walking down the street whilst a step ahead....It drives me MAD!!

So no. YANBU. They do as you describe too.

ex landlady would ramble a boring story at me like this:

well she said she couldn't but she said she could so then she came in - and she didn't know her - and she said she might but she couldn't if she was coming and then she rocked up and she would but she couldn't and nor could she and FOR FUCK'S SAKE DOES NO ONE YOU KNOW HAVE AN ACTUAL NAME?

The fucking pronouns obsessives! We do not know who you're talking about! Please sling in a name so the rest of us know what you're fucking on about!

Jane said she couldn't go but Sarah said she could go but then Emma came in - and Emma didn't know Sarah - and Emma said she might but couldn't if Jane was coming etc etc

Sometimes people don't realise they make no fucking sense. Like me, now, probably.

ZingDramaQueenOfSheeba "Worse is when they repeat the bit I've heard, but not what I didn't! Aarrrrggghh!"

My husband does that. It's so annoying!

YANBU. DH always does this, muttering and chuntering into his beard and then when asked to repeat just offers the one phrase I heard. Also he often tells me we have agreed on something based on things he muttered to himself.

My kids annoy me the most .... If I say 'pardon?' More often than not they answer 'oh it doesn't matter ' .... Gets me really mad !

Arf

Oh my mum does that guessing thing too! Why why why?
Why can't I stop mid-sentence to think for a few seconds so I csn use the exact word I want? Grrrr...
She has nowhere to go and nothing to go yet she can't wait for me to pause.

I promise, I don't do it as an attention seeking thing. Nor it is a way to crrate some sort of suspense. Sometimes I just can't think of the right word!

We should get them together. They'd be like the 2 mind readers in the joke:

2 mind readers meet.
One speaks up: "Oh my dearest friend, I'm so glad you are fine. But tell me, how am I?"

Yes, Yes, Yes Arfarfanarf!!!!

God, I hate this too. Also DP has form for issuing vague or inaccurate statements and getting arsey at me for 'not listening.'

"Don't forget to turn off the thingy outside"
"What thing?"
"On the table!"
"What thingy on the table outside?"
"The candle"
"You mean PUT OUT the candle in the DINING ROOM?"
"What else would I be talking about?!"

GRRR!