Friends and family sometimes ask me “Does Ted talk to you more than he talks to the rest of us?”, in reference to my often silent husband. My usual response is “Yes… relatively speaking”.Ted possesses a nearly-unique and valuable quality in that he listens more than he speaks. He also waits for an invitation to share his opinion, and rarely interrupts others in order to make his views known. If you want to hear Ted talk, make space for his voice, and/or steer the conversation towards the bizarre. Here are some samples of what Ted says, when Ted talks…
“I was going to tell you about two things I learned today….
Wait. No. There was only one. One thing. That’s right, I only learned one thing today.” (smiles)
“And that is that there might be such a thing as pygmy giraffes. But also that there might not be.”
(puts hand at couch level)
“But if there are pygmy giraffes, the babies would only be this high. And that is what I learned.”
