Stay with me this is a long one when I met my missus she was deaf, very shy and not at all confident (a lot of that due to her abusive first husband, but let's not get sidetracked by that waste of space) anyhoo she used to lip read I said to her had she thought of a hearing aids, her reply "don't be ridiculous they are way too expencive, we're not wasting money on them" (can't help thinking that was someone else's opinion) anyway over the next few months I nagged and badgered her into seeing a hearing specialist, good news they could do something for her, but being self conscious she didn't like them round her ears, again no problem she could have in the ear one (the other ear was too bad for one) he put a sample one in her ear (the real ones have to be individually moulded to fit the ear) he stood behind her and spoke, the expression on her face, I didn't care if it cost a million pound (I'm getting all emotional now thinking about it, and this is 14 years ago) I have never seen a smile like it. Anyway hearingaid arrives all hunky dory. She has to have the volume adjusted regularly, 2yrs ago and the old one has been adjusted as much as possible, but good news hearing aid tech has advanced and she can have one for both ears (only not in the ear ones her hearing has deteriorated toomuch, good news her confidence is much better) she gets them, worst hearing aids in the world she struggled with them though (they have little rubber bits on the ends whichhave twice come off involving a trip to a and E to have them removed. On her last trip to the audiologist (a new one the old one having been sacked or left) she told him she hated these ones and wished she had stuck with the old one he asked her why she had these ones anyway, so she told him her ears were too bad for the other type. Apparently she had been misinformed and could have the in the ear ones but that they would be 1500 quid so she said she would ask if it was OK to have them. I said you stupid twit why didn't you order them of course you can have them, then she went on about oh our savings will go down, I said and what is the point of having savings and struggling to hear. Anyway In the end she asked me to go with her to make sure she didn't get ripped off, good job as she had picked the cheapest and not the ones he recommended, needless to say she got the ones he recommended. Now to the point of all this preamble, she knows nothing about computers tablets or laptops so I am even more humbled by the trouble she's gone to, this morning she tells me I have a new Samsung galaxy tab s2 coming, now I am not great on the Internet but I know my way round hardware on the pc I built my own system which I use to post pics on the forums as I can't do it with my present tablet or phone my desktop is on its way out(graphics card)and it's so old nothing is updatable with new hardware. She has done research and found out I can do everything on the galaxy that I do on my present tablet and desktop. Why did she do this, as a thankyou for her hearingaids I told her not to be daft and to cancel it but she won't, she says I never ask for anything and I've never asked for anything anywhere near the cost of her hearing aids, I said that's because I don't have to you let me have whatever I want, and anyway hearingaids are essential, if a pair of shoes wore out you wouldn't think twice about replacing those.
I am really greatfull for the thought she put into it, but really, what's that she said when it was important for her to have "I don't like going into the savings"and then spend 300 quid on a tablet for me, like I said women?
I am really greatfull for the thought she put into it, but really, what's that she said when it was important for her to have "I don't like going into the savings"and then spend 300 quid on a tablet for me, like I said women?
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