Have your wife, brother, etal do as I do when someone asks how my wife is doing. I say, "Why don't you ak her, she can explain better than I can." It jarrs unthinking people, but it works. At 04:10 PM 1/28/98 -0500, you wrote: > Hi List people, This happens to me a couple times a week and I would be >interested if this happens toyou pwps. Here it is:I am with someone,my wife >or my sister talking to somonelse.They will ask my wife or sister how am I >doing with my medicine ( or somethong similar). yesterday my wife in I were >in a department storre and happened upon this male friend of ours. I finaly >relazied he wasn't talking to me at all and he didn't want to listen to me. >I have been silent on all these occasions but I am wondering if I should >take another aproach (especially when they realy don't want to listen to me >like the man yesterday). >i guess I am too much of a Mr Nice Guy. How would you handle it. >