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What makes you think your spouse can read your mind?

Asked by wundayatta (58722points) November 3rd, 2010

Obviously, not everyone believes this, so this question is aimed at those who believe their spouse (or significant other) can read their mind, or want their spouse to read their mind? What is this all about? What is the problem with actually talking to your spouse? What things do you want them to read your mind about?

For me, it’s things I know they don’t want to do, and I’d rather not have to ask for out loud. Oops. There I go. Reading her mind.

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Self_Consuming_Cannibal's avatar

She’s always mad at me. LOL

Simone_De_Beauvoir's avatar

I think we’re just really plugged into each other but he doesn’t actually read my mind, he just knows me really well as is the case in many good relationships. It’s not a very smart move to assume that one’s spouse should read one’s mind without having to actually communicate neesd and desires.

casheroo's avatar

I can’t read my husbands mind, but little things make us very in tune. I always know what to order for him, does that make us boring? lol. Maybe I just know him very well, and he knows me…but I usually know what is about to come out of his mouth before it does.

partyparty's avatar

He isn’t literally reading my mind, but he knows exactly what is going on in my mind by my facial expressions :))

YoBob's avatar

After you have been together as long as my wife and I have it goes beyond simple mind reading. I think we might actually share a brain lobe that is connected through some yet to be understood psychic web.

CMaz's avatar

When two people are attached to the hip (for the most part). Common behavior and thought are to be expected.

JustmeAman's avatar

Thank goodness she can’t. LOL

crazyivan's avatar

There are some things that aren’t really meaningful if you mention them. If I asked my wife to rub my back and she did, I would feel on some level that I was taking advantage of her or guilting her into it. If, on the other hand, I simply will her to do it, I get a guilt free back rub.

(Still waiting on that to work, by the way)

It is clear by her lack of a divorce lawyer, though, that my wife cannot read my mind.

Supacase's avatar

Goodness knows he can’t even though I think he should be able to by now. In fact, he takes my humor wrong so often and gets offended or angry. On the other hand, I know how he is feeling based on his posture, the look on his face, the way he reacts to things. I can’t read his mind, but I have tuned into him over the years.

Blondesjon's avatar

The way she walks up and slaps me like she knows what I was thinking.

Neizvestnaya's avatar

For him it’s easy. If he doesn’t f**k shite up then he can look in my face and pretty much know my default mode is to adore him.

I have been giving some thought to creating particular modes of behavior around routine chores so he can get the cue and act out just as I’d like without me having to ask.

BratLady's avatar

What makes me think he can read my mind is the fact that I can think something and he’ll ask about it. It may be true that after years together you answer each others questions.

OpryLeigh's avatar

I figure that he knows me well enough to know how I would feel in certain situations but every so often I am shocked when he isn’t able to guess how I would feel.

Neizvestnaya's avatar

Okay, just last night bf called all excited to have gotten off of work while the sun was still out and I told him how great that was and then paused… he read my mind by saying, “do you have a honey-do list for me? You do, I’ll bet you do!”

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