How do you deal with constant nagging?

[El Kabong]

Yeah, wouldn't work with my mrs, she is wise to my not listening, she now expects the answer to be relevant, as opposed to the usual "yes definatley".

How can I help would just make her laugh and would expose my not listening further.

Sometimes I can be looking straight at her, trying to listen, but my brain goes off on a wonder mid way through her conversation. But to be fair to me, she does talk a lot, she has a skill of linking one conversation to the next and we can talk for hours with me not saying a word!

#1 Nod not in agreement mind you but understanding, feel free to repeat a little bit of what she says just for it to have full effect. Try to ask a relevant question (it gets the mind a little bit involved)

#2 What I had in quotes were random examples don't use them verbatum unless they apply.

#3 I've been there man....god those conversations are slow as shit and they are redundant, women just can't get to the fucking point it's all on about feelings and their projections and blah blah blah (being a Psych major I don't mind as much, listening and interpreting is kind of my whole deal)....but if you just take a little time and a little effort you can be in and out of a conversation (and be in better favor with the Mrs.) in no time....you can become a conversation ninja.

And pausing the TV just makes things worse, it gives the impression that what ever I'm watching is more important than her as I've had to pause it to listen to her. She also doesn't like it as she knows it's my way of saying "hurry up with what your saying becasue I want to watch this"

She puts up with a lot from me, so I can't grumble. I just seem to have lost the ability to actually listen to what she says.

Is that your way of saying "Hurry up"? You've got to kind of look at yourself through her eyes in order for this whole feining intrest thing to work. The next time she has one of those conversations with you just try and figure out what messages you send out that are received in a positive manner.

Also a really big key is if you're going in for a long conversation ALWAYS ask "Do you want my advice or do you just need me to listen?"...sometimes they just need to unload, other times they'll need help.

There's just no helping poor miles