Does anyone actually use the ignore function?
Only on my wife.
TB
yup! sure do. but your not on it! 
i also uncheck “show signatures”
I use that one, too. Just turn off the hearing aids. Boy, does that tick her off! :lol:
If I dont want to answer her I pretend I don’t hear her, if she then starts yelling loudly I interrupt and say just a minute Hon I need my hearing aids then I go into the bedroom as if to get my hearing aids. I take a good stiff drink to weather the storm and dull the agony, then I go out once again and pretend to listen more intently this time.
When are Women going to learn we are interested in very little and can only retain a like amount.
Ladies let me introduce you to the term FIFO … first in first out. Sometimes known as GIGO … garbage in garbage out.
Men don’t have the infinite storage area that women do in which to keep a vast assortment of innocent comments. To be Kept at the ready just so they can be dragged out down to the smallest detail 35-85 years later just so it can be used to punctuate a current argument.
It goes in, a few nano seconds later, it goes out. Recovery isn’t possible.
The next amendment to the Constitution should be to put a Statute of Limitations clause on The dredging up old arguments from the current 106 years to say about 5 years. Of course this may lead to an upsurge of 4 3/4 year old arguments just so the fairer sex won’t lose their data base every 5 years. It might work but truly I don’t know.
And fellas when your wife says do I look fat in these? The correct answer is do I look stupid in these?
If a women asks how old do you think I am, same correct answer , how stupid do you think I am?
Once a girl quits wearing ponytails and snapping bubbles from a wad of double bubble We have no Idea of what her age might be, and for the most part we don’t care.
KBP,
Not me.
Gnu Bee,
VEE accuses me of having selective hearing, her voice being low on the priorities list. “Not true” sez I. She just says things that don’t require an answer. “Oh No, it’s raining isn’t it?” is a question, that, in most civilized societies requires a response of some sort. “Oh No, it’s raining.” is a statement not requiring an answer. According to VEE, women answer questions AND statements. When men don’t answer they think we’re not listening (true as that may be) and will repeat the statement again and again, increasing the volume each time until the get a response. I have learned to keep an inventory of “Yup” and “No” answers at the ready for the statements. Works at our house.
REE
Hey Ron,
I think we are related, Vee has to be my wife’s twin, example just this evening Wife says burr it’s cold out, my response after it dawns of me she is waiting is “yup”
Dead on!
Best
Steve
While we’re on the topic of correct answers to dangerous questions, this is the one I’ve found is the most dangerous mine field:
Q: Do you think <insert female friend’s name here> is attractive?
Now that one cannot be left ignored (you get in trouble for that, trust me).
Yes is an obvious No No.
and No, also gets you in trouble, but for reasons which are not entirely obvious.
See, the correct answer to this question is :
“Hmmm, you know, I’ve never really thought about it before.”
- Jeff
P.S. Women don’t have to worry about these questions because guys always think we’re the best looking thing since the beginning of time, otherwise, why would such a fantastic lady pick us in the first place?
P.P.S: There is a secret tip included in the ps 
“Hmmm, you know, I’ve never really thought about it before.”
Oh! That is the sound of experience talking !!!
Jeff, that IS an excellent tactic! While I’m sure things change with a ring, I’ve always tried to take the route of being brutally honest without being rude. For example:
Situation 1: A truly attractive woman.
Q: Do you think <insert female friend’s name here> is attractive?
A: Yep!
Then to address the sure issue that will follow, explain that you’d rather be honest with her and have her a little upset than to lie about some woman that, really, means nothing. Most ladies I’ve dated have appreciated it and learned to ask more pointed questions.
Situation 2: A truly unattractive woman…
Q: Do you think <insert female friend’s name here> is attractive?
A: Nope!
In the issue that follows THIS response, tread carefully. Its usually better, in my experience, to offer a purposefully vague, but honest, explanation. The “I cant really put my finger on it, but she just isn’t someone I find attractive”. Is fairly safe.
Do not pick out a feature, no matter how glaringly awful it is. I once explained my response with, “Its that perfume or whatever. It smells like paint thinner!”
…turns out she and my girlfriend wore the same stuff, bought it at the same time, and have been wearing it for months. Rather than accept the foot in mouth for what it was, I opened wide for the other foot when I started, “Well now that you mention it…” 
Kevin -
Hate to disrupt the proceedings and get back to your question, but I didn’t want to ignore you.
No. I’ve thought about it a few times, but I guess I resolve that it is better to hear things you might not like from someone who makes you feel like ignoring them, than it is to pass on the chance to learn something, to get another point of view, albeit from someone who normally bugs you.
Now, ignoring threads is another matter. But that is based on content, not on personalities and the different ways people participate in discussions on the BB.
John
John,
I actually didn’t mind the way the discussion was going. It lightened my mood.
I have generally felt the same way, but I guess I needed to be convinced I still did.
Thanks, guys!