That my DH take so long to answer a question

[PollytheDolly]

Christ. I actually counted tonight. I got to 96 seconds. On the phone I was whispering the numbers...1 add 2 add 3

"What was that?"

"Nothing...."

Haha!!

Do you mean there was total silence for 96 seconds?

Because that's a bit off.

Was it a hard question ?

Was he googling for the answer?

FFS. My DH does this too! It drives me potty!

He's the most deliberate twat sometimes!

I've counted to 30 before now. (its a calming thing for me)

Oh wow I'm with you on this!

Sometimes it takes this long then I get "not fussed" to a simple yes/no question ohhhh grinds my gears haha

We need to know the question really.

Haha!!

To be fair it was a difficult question. And he was eating salad then starting talking about the tomatoes so I just carried on counting until he answered the original question.

Bless him.

You're much kinder than me. I lose the will to love then sarcastically answer my own question.

does my head in.

He's lucky he;s cute.

love???? I meant live!!

I do love him!

Q was what do you want to do at the weekend.

Mine does this too, drives me potty.

Will ask him something and wait and wait, say his name and he will answer immediately. Grr

Which is a hard question as he answers it "what do you want to do?" Argh! So tonight I said "what do you want to do?" Back.

Too hard lol

I work in customer service and while I would never count I do roll my eyes (call centre! They can't see me and I stay polite to them) when people waffle for five minutes in answer to a yes or no question.

have wine. it helps.

I will ask DH a question at dinner then realise he has a mouthful (fair enough) - look expectantly at him for the answer once he has laboriously chewed and swallowed....then he pauses and puts another mouthful in as if I am not sat there, question hanging in the air..

It makes me feel a bit stabby.

He's the most deliberate twat sometimes!

I think it's deliberate too. I've learnt to do the same back and he hates it.

Is it a man thing and what is its purpose?

Funny creatures.

will ask DH a question at dinner then realise he has a mouthful (fair enough) - look expectantly at him for the answer once he has laboriously* chewed and swallowed....then he pauses and puts another mouthful in as if I am not sat there, question hanging in the air..

It makes me feel a bit stabby.*

Oh god. Here....

I have no idea the reasoning behind it.

He claims he's thinking. Fuck my life, how much thinking does a simple question require?

Also does the 'I dont know, what do you want to do' back to me!

Are our DH's related?

Thank you - both wine and cake are often the answer (seeing as I'm clearly not getting one from him in a hurry!).

They must be related?

I enjoy doing it back now, or answering a question with a question. I can see the look on his face lol. The other day I got

"Answer then!?"

Well, I laughed

It could be worse. There was a thread on the property board recently where a poster claimed she had once viewed a house with her husband and asked what he thought of it.

It took him a while to reply.

A big while.

SEVEN YEARS later he suddenly said "I think we should buy it"

My husband does this too. I think it's because he despises me and I am not worthy of his attention.

Well, I laughed

This may well be the answer. Stabbing him in the eyeball with a fork is apparently illegal.

Thank god it's not just me. I'm trying to work out if DH is going deaf or is just bloody rude. He blames household noises for ignoring me but ffs stop faffing about then.