<p>lol!! same here re mumblish…i think part of it on the cellphone though is…he’s pushing for the new iphone , so whenever i say i didnt understand him i get…its this phone, i told you i need a new one!!</p>
<p>But when my sons get together with their cousins, they all seem to understand each other! “Mumble mumble.” “Eh.” “Mumble.” “nyeh.” “K.” – They nod in agreement and all get up to leave… I have <em>no</em> idea what they have just decided.</p>
<p>Bear in mind that there are good antropological reasons for the differences in male and female communication.</p>
<p>Traditional female roles back in the village or even cave required clear person to person communication to facilitate complex tasks.</p>
<p>Traditional male roles involved hunting with the necessity for quite, succinct communication.</p>
<p>Your son/husband isn’t ignoring you, he is trying not to frighten the prey or attract a sabre-tooth tiger.</p>
<p>My s mumbles at lightening speed. Makes it doubly impossible to understand a word he says</p>
<p>Oh, yes. I am encouraged to learn there is a diagnostic term for it.</p>
<p>My husband is actually worse than my teenage son. And he gets annoyed after about the third, “What?” LOL</p>
<p>Yes, cell phones and Mumblish are even worse. </p>
<p>My younger son would call, speak Mumblish, and then hang up before I could say, WHAT??? Once, I had to call back 2 times. Finally, I had to say, “be quiet, don’t hang up until I say you can. Now, speak slowly and clearly.”</p>
<p>my youngest daughter speaks mumblish… and usually turning away from me so I cant even read the lips!</p>
<p>yes, the turning away part! </p>
<p>Son: word, word, (turns away) mphn ngl fshm
Me: What did you say?
Son turns back to me: word, word, (turns away again) mphn ngl fshm
Me: I got word, word but nothing after that
Son: word, word, (turns away) mphn ngl fshm
Me: please face me when you speak so I can hear the whole sentence
Son: you and dad are deaf.</p>
<p>We need to show our kids this thread as proof that we’re not deaf; they can’t speak!</p>
<p>I created a thread similar to this not too long ago, lamenting the fact that I can only get one word answers out of my HS boys. My question about whether college makes them come back more confident and conversational was universally and emphatically answered . . . YES! So rest assured there is hope!</p>
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<p>EXACT SAME conversation at my house, except for the last line. Which at my house would be;</p>
<p>Son: Never mind. (walks away)</p>
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I don’t know who contributed to that thread, but let me tell you, as a parent of three men in their 20’s that it is not true. They still mumble and I’m still deaf. Although they complain I watch tv with the sound too low because they can’t hear it.</p>
<p>I once asked my youngest a question and his reply was “whatever answer won’t let you ask any more questions.”</p>
<p>Maybe, just maybe, males generally try to avoid “blah blah blah …”, particularly for HS boys and their moms.</p>
<p>Here’s my related thread. </p>
<p>Did college make your D/S more confident and/or conversational?</p>
<p>Hope this works. Otherwise how do you post a link in?</p>
<p>Please google Foghorn Leghorn and the little chicken hawk.</p>
<p>I guess my humor is so dry it isn’t even funny.</p>
<p>^^^^^^^^^</p>
<p>hahahaha</p>
<p>On another topic, it’s almost all women here complaining about sons’ lack of communication.</p>
<p>Any theories about why we men are not participating? </p>
<p>Could it be that this is an interspecies issues?</p>
<p>Perhaps the males are communicating amongst themselves well enough so that no such problem exists?</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>I think it’s just a verbal laziness.</p>
<p>Apparently I speak mumblish better then hubby. I am constantly “translating” what my son said to his dad. My son gets frustrated after the third time he has repeated himself so I just jump in and tell my husband what he said. :D</p>
<p>Nope…no mumblish here…much less I will allow that.
What can you do?
-Stand tall and high and demand clarity.
-If you experience the teenager’s answer “I don’t know”; then, do the same --stand tall and high and said something similar to "that is not acceptable neither, You better give me an acceptable answer.”</p>
<p>-Your kid is a college student, you are paying for their education…so no mumblish is authorized…they need to start to practice for the work environment…where 'the mumblish" is not accepted neither.</p>
<p>Now if you are questioning your kid daily, when they are busy, probably I will understand the mumblish. They also need their space.</p>
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<p>Usually females are more communicative than men, also we laugh more…</p>