I Know You Can Hear Me..........

Imagine yourself sitting in a room with your whole family. Okay now imagine you're saying something to one of them. They don't respond so you repeat yourself. Still no response................. your thinking okay maybe they just didn't hear me after two times I guess that's understandable. So you take a third stab at it and STILL NOTHING. They don't even look in your direction. You must be thinking this could never happen. You are in the same room as someone and you have directed a question at them three separate times and they don't even give the slightest look in your direction! Well believe it or not this happens quite often in my house. When my dad is sitting in front of the tele he becomes completely immersed into the program he happens to be watching. He doesn't move at the slightest sound except for maybe reacting to the program his eyes and mind are glued to.



I don't know how this could be possible! It's like his brain shuts down and he can hear nothing except for the tele. One time I raised my voice in attempt to tell him something and this still failed. So i took things to drastic measures and did the thing that would let all hell break loose. I stood right in front of the tele. OH NO I DIDN'T! that got him to not only pay attention to me but he also changed his facial expression for the first time in half an hour. It went from zombie to WHAT THE HECK! With his eye brows raised and eyes widening he asked me what I was doing. I gave him a dumbfounded look and explained exactly what I was doing and how he had not heard my question repeated at least three times. He looked like I was lying to his face and that it could not possibly be true. Jeeze dad's just don't get it do they? So now every time it happens I let him know that I was right and will continue to be.