I am back at it again with things you should never say to me when we are engaged in a conversation. The first is when someone tells me to listen. What the hell do you think I have been doing this whole time? I am listening to everything you are saying. Now I might not be actually hearing and paying attention to you but that is a different story. I am definitely listening to you. I am listening for those awkward silences, any key words that catch my attention, and waiting for the time to say yes or another affirmative response and attempt to change the conversation. I am always listening to you. Also when you tell me to listen you are implying that the rest of this conversation meant nothing and now it is time to pay attention. Don’t waste my time with boring stories just to tell me something good. Worst of all is when you are in conversation with someone and they are only in the conversation to ask you a favor. So they go on and on and try to gauge what mood you are in just to finally say listen, can you do this for me? Seriously? Just ask the god damn favor and don’t waste my time.

Similar to listen is “hear me out.” When someone asks me to hear them out, I know from the jump that the conversation isn’t going to end well. You have prematurely decided that what you are about to say is not something that I will agree with and want to ensure I do not immediately jump down your throat. Truth is though that by saying that you have gotten my guns up and I am already countering what you are going to say instead of hearing what you are trying to say. I love arguments and I love a good hash out session, I don’t need you to get me ready for that, I am always ready for it. I’d rather it happen organically then you deciding for me.

As I just mentioned I love to argue. Don’t get me wrong I am not talking about arguments where you scream and yell at each other. I am talking about playful arguments or those that let you get things off your chest and in the end no one hates each other. There is nothing more fun than trying to make someone see your point. With all that being said, don’t ever tell me to agree to disagree. What in the hell is the point of doing that? Like when someone says fine, you are consenting defeat. I don’t want to agree to disagree I want you to just agree with me or I want you to change my mind. What is the fun in agreeing to disagree? When you agree to disagree you are really just saying this is about to get ugly so let’s just drop it; which means we probably shouldn’t have talked about it in the first place.

So now that you have listened and heard me out please let’s just agree to disagree if you disagree with anything in this post.