Is Anybody Listening???????

I am sure that every mother out there has a one time or another dealt with or experienced selective hearing. I am convinced that kids and husbands alike use this as some sort of ploy to break you down and eventually make you crazy. I have heard it said that children are the worst when it comes to selective hearing and while mine are not teenagers yet I can't be 100% sure, but I would have to disagree and say that my husband is the WORLD'S WORST....I kid you not, if there was an award to be won on the subject at hand I am convinced that my husband could be the long standing champion. I tell him things daily and weekly such as upcoming events or things that need to be done...and he (for the most part) communicates with me when I do this...he doesn't just have that glazed over...yeah...uh-huh....hurry up and shut up look on his face....so I generally think he has listened and understands what I am saying....but then he goes to sleep at night and it's almost as if all the information leaks out of his ears onto his pillow never to be remembered again. I am CONSTANTLY reminding and repeating myself to him...sometimes even in the same conversation. It actually and quite literally drives me crazy. Now my children are not angels when it comes to listening by any means either...I am always having to say, "Please turn your listening ears on" or "Are you even paying attention to me"....most days I feel like a broken record. Between my husband and my children I am starting to consider becoming a mute...I can only assume that when you don't talk people still don't listen and that seems like a whole lot less effort on my part and I am certain it would be a gazillion times less annoying. Quite honestly they leave me no other choice.