Mrs. Readsalot Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 I was thinking about this because it is a special ability a character has in a book I recently read. If you could hear the thoughts of one other person for just one day whose thoughts would you want to hear. Of course they would have no idea you have this power. OK dh or ds hmmmm this is difficult OK dh thought are probably pretty boring, mostly work stuff. I want to know what my 14 yo is really thinking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plucky Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 I would pick my ADHD son so I could understand a bit what happens in his brain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 This may sound weird. But the first person I thought of was Jessica (Trivium Academy). I read her blog and admire how she schools her kids. And maybe not all her thoughts, just the ones about schooling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 I was thinking about this because it is a special ability a character has in a book I recently read.If you could hear the thoughts of one other person for just one day whose thoughts would you want to hear. Of course they would have no idea you have this power. OK dh or ds hmmmm this is difficult OK dh thought are probably pretty boring, mostly work stuff. I want to know what my 14 yo is really thinking. I want to know what my son is thinking. He has very vivid imaginary play and I'd love to hear the dialouge that happens during that time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 I would want to know dh's. I think that he is such a kind person and sure puts up with a lot from me, so I would like to know things that he is otherwise too kind to actually speak - what I could do to make him happier, what is really important to him around the house, etc. He always just tells me everything's great. He's really sweet. And if I could read Jessica's mind for 1 hour, I would be a wiser woman. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama Lynx Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 Obama :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crissy Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 My mom. She is not well, but won't discuss her illness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy in Ky Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 Dr. John Piper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama Lynx Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 My mom. She is not well, but won't discuss her illness. :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fivetails Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 Oh I'd take our ds9 for sure. He has multiple disabilities - including being completely blind. To get inside his head for the day and 'experience' things the way he does would be amazing. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepy Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 Hmmm... after listening to my own insanity all day, I don't really think I'd enjoy being subjected to anyone else's thought processes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 Yes! I want to know what's in my 14 y.o.'s head too! I actually think I've got him figured out, but I just would like confirmation :-). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 Since this is magic, I would like to hear Winston Churchill's brain for a day in the late '30s. Otherwise, I'd like to hear the mind of the one of the high mucky-mucks at work. I'd like to make SOME sense of why the department of social services does what it does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhM Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 My friend, who is the most positive person I have ever met. I'm genuinely curious about what kind of "self-talk" you need to do to have such a great public face and attitude. (I'm assuming, of course, that she's as genuine as she seems!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 I REALLY don't think I want to know what other people think. I have a hard enough time dealing with my own thoughts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 No one. The invasion of privacy thing freaks me out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaMere Academy Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 My husband, but also my kids. That's a tough choice. If I had that power I'd want to use it on everyone. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty ethel rackham Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 Oh, gosh. There are so many! Maybe DH, because he is an engineer, meaning a man of few words. My two boys because they are not sharing much of their inner dialog. Maybe I could help my oldest with some of his issues. My middle son so that I could understand how to let him know that I love him. Or, my friend Joanne, who is a very positive person and very good at reading people - I would love to hear that self-talk. If I had to choose one, I would choose ds14 - he is troubled right now and I don't know how to guide him because he can't express himself very well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laylamcb Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 I REALLY don't think I want to know what other people think. I have a hard enough time dealing with my own thoughts. TOTALLY agree with this. I have this feeling that I'd pick someone I admire tremendously and be totally disillusioned (as I'm sure anyone listening to my thoughts would be who had previously admired ME). :001_huh: Besides, DH and the kids are all extroverts--I LIVE their thought lives every hour. I've got blood running out of my ears now as it is. I don't need to hear anymore thoughts! HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELP MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (That was my silent scream.) ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trivium Academy Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 I would want to know dh's. I would love to hear my own dh's thoughts instead of guessing at times. And I'm just a phone call away even though I'm floored my name is on this list at all. Y'all do know that I'm only in my 3rd year and there are veterans here that could run circles around me in wisdom and experience?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdWTMer Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 My mom. She is not well, but won't discuss her illness. Oh Crissy...this just makes my heart ache. I'm so sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elaine Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 My mom. She is not well, but won't discuss her illness. :grouphug::grouphug::grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elaine Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 I would pick my ADHD son so I could understand a bit what happens in his brain. Me, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiffanyl Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 That would have to be ... Mr. President :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Me, too. Have you ever read a stream of consciousness novel? It's pretty much like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Virginia Dawn Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 I agree. I would not want to know what someone else is thinking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdWTMer Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 By that I mean, I would love to have been able to hear Ruth's (in the Bible), Queen Esther's, or Noah's while building the ark! There's just so many Biblical characters that I would love to have known there thoughts thru various trials. Perhaps Paul in prison as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danestress Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Wonder what it is about sons and Moms that makes that happen. I most definitely don't want to hear what anyone else is thinking all day, especially a member of my family! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie in CA Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Both of these ladies are *unfailingly* kind about everything and everyone. I've never heard either of them say anything even slightly critical about anyone we know. I wish that I were like that, and I'd love to hear the thoughts of either one of them. I think either I'd learn that they really do have less-flattering thoughts that they don't share with others (in which case I'd feel a little better about not being able to achieve that), or I'd learn more about how to be the type of person they are. Either way, it would definitely be one of those gals. They are my heroes, in a way, and they're who I want to be "when I grow up!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Oh! I want past persons: Einstein or Ghandhi. Or. C.S. Lewis! Or Stephen Hawking if I must choose a living person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetbaby Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 President Bush. Probably hear crickets chirping. LOL Just kidding! Couldn't resist but seriously my dh. Men are so mysterious, aren't they?I'd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 I would pick my ADHD son so I could understand a bit what happens in his brain. I thought of this too, but then I thought my baby. I have always wanted to know what babies thought and how much they relly understood when they are preverbal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SheilaZ Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 My 9 year old. He has apergers and he is so very different from me and his other brothers. I feel like I am so hard on him most of the time. He's just so very unapproachable. If I could just see into his head for just an hour, I know it would change the way I deal with him. It would help me to extend the grace that I know he deserves and needs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riada Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 I am amazed that there are so many men and boys selected. It is truly the difference between how us women typically speak our thoughts and they are mysterious, lol. I would have to jump on the same boat and say my dh. He is so kind to me and everyone, never saying anything judgemental. I want to know what he REALLY thinks, lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StacyinKS Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 hmm..probably either of my children. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Jennifer Saunders or Joss Whedon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in Orlando Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 I like it best when everyone keeps their thoughts in their own heads. The more I think about this question, the more I DON'T want to know what anyone else is thinking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nakitty Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 my 3 year old....sometimes she just bursts into laughter....and I would LOVE to know what schemes she is cooking up....LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Dh, but only because I truly want to know if he actually has an opinion or not! No matter what I ask dh, when it come to me, he will always claim he has no opinion or he likes both, all or everything of anything I ask him about. my "do you prefer my hair long or short?" gets " I like it both ways, whatever you like" from him. my "do you like this perfume" gets "I like all the perfumes you wear" from him. I really would love to know what his opinion is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIY-DY Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 If you could hear the thoughts of one other person for just one day whose thoughts would you want to hear. than he could articulate his thoughts. So what I get when he's explaining something is a sort of mental shorthand that leaves me with absolutely no CLUE what he's talking about the first time through. So I want to know if he TRULY thinks in sentence fragments, using only internally-referenced pronouns, or if there's a filter in there somewhere that sorts it out before he says something.:001_huh: I could die happy knowing the answer to that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saw Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Warren Buffett :001_smile:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmamainva Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 My youngest daughter!! She has autism and severe language delays -- so I can't have a conversation with her, as most folks can with their 6 year olds. I would love to know what she's thinking about!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen sn Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 That would have to be ... Mr. President :) Ummmm, are you being funny or serious? Because I had to laugh out loud to this one. What would you hear? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Ummmm, are you being funny or serious?Because I had to laugh out loud to this one. What would you hear? Maybe she'd just like a quiet day all to herself? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSMom2One Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 DH does not share his feelings well, so he is quiet about a lot of things. I really wish I could get inside his head at times! On one hand, it might be a little scary, but in the end I sure would love to know more about his thoughts and feelings. Blessings, Lucinda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kari C in SC Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Without a doubt, my almost 4 year old ds. He is so complex. I have been trying to figure him out since the day he was born. I would love to know what is going on inside of his noggin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagira Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 Without a doubt, my fourteen-month-old. She's got so much going on already, but I don't know how much she knows. She surprises me constantly with her perceptiveness and ability to assess a situation, comprehend and do effective nonverbal communication so well at such a young age (but she doesn't talk yet). :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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