Have you ever acted as if you have not listend to what was said?

I've done it only with strangers who have made comments. There's no point fighting out with such people and you are aware how the case is in India....I'll just have a crowd gaping at me and nothing being done. So, I'd rather pretend I didn't hear it. But I've never done it with my parents (which kids tend to do often...I know my son does...but he's so sweet that he admits it later on)...or people who are close to me.

Yes, I have done it and everyone has probably done it too. Is best to play deaf sometimes than to end up with an argument.

Yes. I have acted like I wasn't listening before because I did not want to hear it. I wasn't interested in it and the person who was talking wnet on rambling forever and it got on my nerves so I tuned them out.

Oh dear. I cannot say that I ever intentionally don't hear what people are saying but I have noticed in recent years that I can switch off when people are talking to me (for example if someone is boring the hell out of me) and start thinking of something else - it's not deliberate and has been quite embarrassing at times when they get to the end of what they're saying and say something like "So what do you think about that then?" I then have to make a quite excuse and say something like "Oh I think I misunderstood the last part of what you said, can you repeat it?" This works sometimes but sometimes I'm still in the dark as to what they were on about LOL! I guess I shouldn't laugh as it's really not nice to do that to people and I would hate it to be done to me!

Hello dear balasri. I think that I have ever acted that way. It was because it was some words that I would be happy to listen to that made me pretend not to have heard about it. What about you?

haha sadly different reasons when my parents call me do something i pretend like i dont hear them but everyone does that im sure of it. and different situations ill pretend like i didnt hear things i didnt want to but its usually to no avail because the people jsut repeat it and im like oh sorry i didnt hear you... so it never works lol

Yes, I do have selected hearing sometimes when I don't want to hear what my Husband is saying.

No, I cannot be diplomatic like this....LOL!

Stupidity and falsely thinking that I could get away with it. LOL! there were times that i want to evade the issue that I just play deaf. But its really stupid of me I think because it wont just go away if I just pretend that i didn't hear.

Well, so many times literally. Its not possible that your ears can take everything, just everything!! Its this way only. It has to be! If there is a lot of nuisance(deliberate one) - I can't help but clapping my hands to my ears. But your question is hearing and ignoring it, right? I do that most of the times to my Grandmom's comments which are pointless - I believe, and not worth replying (not all, but few). I love her very much - that is the reason that keeps me from arguing to her pointless talks - I rather ignore what she says, nodding the head, irrespective of whatever she says.

yes,I have done that a few times.I used to act like this more when I was a child.But even now to avoid some confontations I do it.Well what can I say.Now my intentions are good for behaving like this.Hahahahahahaha

Usually we are playing deaf, or actually we are when we desperately want to give a reply to a person, but he just doesn't stop talking. You think your reply is very interesting....so from the moment your idea comes and until the moment you say it, you are basically not hearing others people talking. It''s how it works usually. Of course, to pretend you don't listen to the one who talks it's not very polite, but it happens a lot.