Wow....very interesting phrase! It might go right along with obligatory listening!!!

I am terrible I guess, but.... some of my very closest friends, I can listen to ALL day long and it is very relaxing. BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN PEOPLE... that just go on and on... and I physically get a head ache... it's torcherous !!!

Am I alone????

Nope, your not!

A pleasant thing happened this morning. I wasn't feeling well yesterday, and then due to a thermostat issue, it was so hot in the sanctuary that I skipped out after my Bible study, before the Worship Service.

I had to email some information to my pastor's wife, and I included an explanation of why I hadn't been in the service. This is part of her response: "we don't EVER want you to feel guilty or like you have to explain yourself to us."

You know, that kind of made my day.

B2Y wow, what a great response hugssss,sarah

I haven't read all the thread and I don't have MS but I identify with everything others have said.

Anyway, I just loved this! I'm the same way so I got a really-appreciated chuckle out of this. Every day is our birthday this way, isn't it?

unless you have been there, its hard to explain just how exhausting it is just to keep up your end of a simple conversation. The polite give and take, ebb and flo of it all...bah! I just cant do it. I was once a chatty cathy, and now I am sitting in the corner staring off into space after 20 minutes. Im not the girl I once was.

One of my friends called me today and it was a challenge to stay on the phone as long as I did. You'd think I'd love telephone calls......don't have to leave the house to have them; can wear whatever I want; can lay on the bed if I want to. Nope......even holding the telephone for an extended period of time wears me out. And having to pay attention to what the other is saying.....and remember things I'm asked about......it just wipes me out. And she's constantly asking 20 questions about everything so it's doubly exhausting. Sometimes when she calls I just don't answer because I know what's waiting for me on the other end! She doesn't have MS so I can't expect her to know how it is. It's just hard to explain how just talking on the phone can be so tiring without sounding like I'm......whining!!

Exactly my point!