Hearing In Later Life - Part II

[MichaelJH]

Mary and Tom always held hands when they went out shopping. People thought this quite romantic considering they had been together for over fifty years. Mary's explanation was that the old b*gg*r was a deaf as a post and if shecwas over six feet away he would not hear her. Tom's explanation was rather different; he said if he let go she would go and buy something! 🤣

[Heythrop51]

Thank you for the useful hint MichaelJH !😀

[Etblue]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣💥

[fishonabike]

as someone who lives with a partner who will not acknowledge their hearing problem i don't find these "jokes" amusing - it is exhausting and exasperating living with someone in this situation

[EMBoy in reply to fishonabike]

I had a similar concern with my wife - we were each accusing the other of being deaf. To stop any arguments, we both went for a free hearing test at our opticians and it turned out that my hearing was OK, but she needed hearing aids. Now there are no more arguments,

[fishonabike in reply to EMBoy]

my hearing isn't as good as it was, but my partner is the only person i know who can't hear what i say, and i hear lots of important sounds that they miss: people at the door, alarms etc

[Beardie100]

Getting old isn't for the faint hearted.

[Beta70]

Yes its always best to go shopping on your own !