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This might seem like a meaningless conversation. She then starts talking to you about nothing in particular. Your girlfriend calls you, and you answer the phone because you love her. We just can’t listen to you, and do something else at the same time.įor example, you’re doing the shopping, trying to buy the right food so you can prove that you’re able to buy the right food. Which is why women think men can’t multitask. So, it’s important to listen to your partner to prevent this kind of thing. “…Sorry, what did you say? I wasn’t listening…” “It’s our half anniversary of six months since our previous anniversary – I told you!” Now, this might be followed by “You never listen to me”. “Half anniversary for which day? When we met or, when we…?! “I’m going to the football tonight babe, ok?” The “I told you” category is obviously a category of information that your wife or girlfriend has told you, but for which you have absolutely no memory. It’s not that we can’t multitask, it’s just that listening to you is already a kind of multitasking – because not only do we have to understand what you’re saying, we also have to identify important bits of information which might get dropped into the conversation – clues about what you want for your birthday, indications about how you feel about certain people, basically – anything that could go into the “I told you” category. So, “men can’t mulitask” and “men don’t listen” are closely linked to each other I think. To be honest, I think that this myth of men not being able to multitask probably comes from the fact that there is one situation in which we definitely can’t do it, and that’s when we try to complete a task while also listening to a wife or girlfriend.īecause when your wife is talking to you, you have to stop everything and focus! We can’t multitask in that situation because if you’re not concentrating and you miss something then it will come back to you later, when she remembers and you forget and then you’re in trouble! Just think, for example, of David Beckham who must be an expert at multitasking, because not only does he have to play football really well, but he has to look handsome while he’s doing it! Or consider Liam Neeson in the film “Taken” who has to punch people’s teeth down their throat with the edge of his hand, and be a good father at the same time. Of course we’re capable of doing two things at the same time. I do think men can multi-task, despite the fact that people often say that we can’t. I’m doing this again today because I hope it will be an interesting episode of the podcast, but also as some sort of ongoing mission to prove that men are in fact able to multitask, unlike the fairly commonly-held view that we actually are not able to do several things at the same time. I’ve done others before in which I was either driving or just walking around somewhere and talking to you at the same time. Last time I did this I was cooking dinner while recording the podcast. Here’s another episode in which I talk to you and teach you some English while doing something else at the same time. Introduction – Men can’t multitask, really? Transcripts & Vocabulary Extracts Available. Listen to hear some general discussion of the game, descriptions of what’s happening while playing and some other bits and pieces. In this case I’m playing the classic computer game “Grand Theft Auto 5”. Hi listeners – this is a multitasking episode in which I record a podcast while doing something else at the same time.