After a year, I have learned to ask Craig if his hearing aids are in and working before starting an important conversation. I try not to say things when my back is turned (at the sink) or when he is way across the room and we have far fewer miscommunication. I try not to say important things in passing assuming he will hear as he listens to a lot of things from his phone directly into his hearing aids and needs time to shut that off in order to hear me. For the most part it works pretty well.
Yesterday he was across the living room in the area that has a 3 story atrium when this exchange occurred.
What I said: “We have 2 social things we need to talk about.”
What he heard: “We have Truth Social things to talk about.”
His response: “if you want to talk about Truth Social you can lock yourself in the bathroom and talk to yourself.”
It helps to have random things to laugh about right now.
Tamara Unleashed 